Caroline Poplawski

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2024

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“Never Again” by Caroline Poplawski

Submitted to Contest #281

This is hell. Hell has literally frozen over, and now Danielle has to follow through with an ungodly number of empty promises made on these conditions. Whoever looked at the forecast and decided it was still perfectly safe and acceptable to hold a football game in the middle of the worst cold snap of the year deserves a special place in this hell to burn—freeze?—for eternity. Danielle had hoped and prayed that it would get canceled today, so she could stay curled up in her weighted blanket and watch Christmas episodes from a bunch of random ...

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“A Deal is a Deal” by Caroline Poplawski

Submitted to Contest #280

“You’re not supposed to be here.” Now, Angelo, that’s no way to respond when a woman invites you for tea. Didn’t your mother ever teach you manners? Even if she hadn’t, I would have expected you to pick up a thing or two from Domenica, or Chiara. Come, join me. The tea will get cold if you stand there much longer. “I may not know manners, but I do know math. You’re early. I still have sixty years left and it’s not even the anniversary yet. What are you doing here?” Is it so wrong to be curious about what you’re up to these days? Maybe I like...

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Author bio

Caroline Poplawski is a creative writing student and a self-proclaimed nerd from central Massachusetts. When she is not writing, she enjoys embroidery and going on adventures with her friends.