Carrie Simmons

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2023

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“Maternity Leave Goals - Learning Something New” by Carrie Simmons

Submitted to Contest #247

Sabrina stretches her spine tall in her desk chair and nervously feathers her unkempt bangs with her left hand. She hasn’t showered in three days and she feels bad about it. She feels greasy even with the dry shampoo she loaded into her hair.Her dominant hand grasps a freshly sharpened pencil and she taps it nervously on the crisp notepad she bought from the store yesterday. She felt proud for making it out of the house.Her chair teeters and totters on the uneven parquet floors in her makeshift office that is really just a corner in her emba...

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“A Brand-New Ghost Swims Away” by Carrie Simmons

Submitted to Contest #221

Candace opens her eyes and starts to take a deep breath, then realizes quickly she doesn’t have to do that anymore. She glances at her feet. She is shocked she can open her eyes underwater without blinking constantly. I can see underwater, she thinks smiling, how wonderful. Candace continues to look suspiciously at her feet. She frowns, my red shoes are gone. Particles of glass float in the water around her face. I fell off the boat. My wine glass. Shattered. She remembers, vaguely, cruising around the sea with...

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“That Shouldn't Be Here” by Carrie Simmons

Submitted to Contest #220

“That shouldn’t be here!” Ruby Sue screams out into the silent hot desert air. An ancient brown lizard sits just a few feet away, he is nearly motionless. He doesn’t flinch at the shrill of her voice. His eyeballs roll all around, conspiratorially, as if he knows she is captive. He knows she is helpless. The lizard shifts and falls asleep.Ruby Sue doesn’t notice the sleepy lizard. The last thing she can remember is walking beside the dirty man in the desert, her bare feet sinking and burning in the sand. She was begging for water. She w...

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Author bio

A writer simply perplexed by the publishing industry.