Bryce Benton

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2022

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“The Pedestal” by Bryce Benton

Submitted to Contest #130

The two fraternal twin sisters, the red brick dormitory pillars of Texas Woman's University, have risen early to meet me. One stands a little taller than the other. On the horizon I see them marking my destination like pushpins in a paper map, "Larissa and Maria were here." Kneeling before the sisters, older and more humble, bows the Little Chapel in the Woods, and I suspect when I descend on those grounds I'll find some of the woods preserved, never felled and paved over. I expect I'll ramble under the same perennial trees with slightl...

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“St. George's Hot Meal Thursday” by Bryce Benton

Submitted to Contest #129

I put my foot in my mouth the first time I ever met Jim, one of the regulars at St. George’s Hot Meal Thursday. “Hope your arm gets better soon,” I said, painfully unaware that his condition was permanent. His right arm was in a sling.“It’s not going to get better,” said Jim. With his good arm he scooped a slotted spoonful of pork and beans onto a depression in a mound of rice. He nudged his tray toward the turkey and gravy.Jim relayed the little of what he knew about his injury without any embellishment. I was still surveying the foil ...

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“Tea Time” by Bryce Benton

Submitted to Contest #128

“I’m not sure if we should go,” she said. “Why not?” he replied. He stopped scrubbing the dishes and turned to face her. “It’ll be fun. Anyway, you don’t have to partake if you don’t want to.” “Well for one thing, it’s illegal,” she said. “Is it?” he shot back. “They grow naturally, right there on the edge of the trees at the park down the street a little bit from his place." He was rambling. "They grow everywhere if you know where to look. Well, not everywhere but lots of places, especially after it rains. They grow in cow patties, to...

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Author bio

Writer in Austin, Texas