Carille Durbin

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2020

Stories (18)

18 Stories

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“Spring Hope” by Carille Durbin

Submitted to Contest #35

Mary gave the decorations inside of the town hall a satisfied look. It had been a long cold winter for the residents of Deer Trail, Michigan. and now spring was here. At least the calendar said spring was here; there was still snow on the ground outside, and more snow was in the forecast. Mary was suffering from a bad case of spring fever. Most years she could blame her edginess on the cold dreary days that lacked the bright colors of spri...

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“The Roommate” by Carille Durbin

Submitted to Contest #34

The entire country was ordered to stay home. I was glad to comply. I had just bought an old musty house. The sellers claimed that it was built in the late 1800s but certainly there is at least one much older room. The ceiling in this room is five feet high and the floor is made of cracked and dirty stone. The walls are made of the same dirty stone. It's not very big, ten feet wide by 11 feet long. There are no windows because it sits in the exact middle of the house. I asked the realtor about this oddi...

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“Lonely In Space” by Carille Durbin

Submitted to Contest #32

Lonely in Space Don’t let anyone tell you anything different, space is lonely. It’s only exciting in movies or books. Space is deep, dark, and depressingly lonely. And cold. And dark. And lonely. My name is Kimearrah and I'm from the planet Thrae. It is a beautiful planet with sunshine, water, and lush vegetation. The only problem is that Thrae is also lonely. I'm writing this as I travel inside my spacecraft. This spacecraft is called a personal craft because it is built for one person. The livi...

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