Carly Kapusinsky

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“The Pit Stop” by Carly Kapusinsky

Submitted to Contest #59

The road was long, and the gas was cheap. It had been the kind of drive that seemed made only of highways, of concrete ribbons unfurling into eternity and stuttered with exit signs gone so quick their memory lasted longer than their moment. Justin was on this road for seventy miles more, had been on for thirty miles past, and hadn’t noticed the fuel gauge needle hardly a hair’s breadth from E. The gas light had y...

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“Hey, Stranger” by Carly Kapusinsky

Submitted to Contest #56

Walter Avoritts is dying. This solemn fact is not met by anyone with tears and wails but rather with the grim sets of jaws, with hushed whispers to plan last meetings, ceremonies, and the quiet divvying up of soon-to-be abandoned assets. He does not have to be alone in his final moments. Walter is 79 years old, will be survived by a wife, two daughters and a litter of grandchildren provided catastrophe is content to ke...

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“A Draft in the Library” by Carly Kapusinsky

Submitted to Contest #55

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. They sprint through the door, one, two, and just barely manage to slam it shut before the third can cross the threshold. As it is, the frame shudders with t...

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“The Find of a Lifetime” by Carly Kapusinsky

Submitted to Contest #47

‘Meet me at the base of Dig Site C. Tell no one’ You consider the scrawled note a moment, shuffling the sheaf of papers awaiting your perusal with your other hand. It’s a familiar sight. Most geniuses are every ounce as eccentric as they are brilliant, sporting a host of quirks that can run anywhere from amusing to mildly inconvenient. Professor Charles is far from an exception to this rule, with his pe...

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