Catrina Bowles

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2022

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“If/Then” by Catrina Bowles

Submitted to Contest #157

Captain Huxley wipes the sweat from his brow with the blue kerchief he wears around his neck. He rolls out his wrist before grabbing hold of the wire cutters once more. He examines the nest of wiring in the sedan-sized spaceship engine with a frown, his dark brown curls falling into his eyes, despite the engine grease weighing down his locks. “Okay, ALAN. I’ve got green to yellow, red to red. What’s up next?” The ship’s Assisted Light-speed Astronautics Navigation System - dubbed ALAN by Huxley - responds in a British accent more sui...

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“Resurrection” by Catrina Bowles

Submitted to Contest #155

When my mother passed away, I abandoned my city centre and relocated myself to a small bungalow on the edge of town. When I was living downtown, every time I would leave my tiny apartment to get groceries, I’d be jostled on every side by sallow-faced businessmen rushing between coffee shops and office buildings, shouting through their Bluetooth earpieces. Just hearing words like “synergy,” “innovation,” and “client-centric marketing,” was enough to make my blood boil. I’d come home and break the eggs simply setting down the shopping bags, as...

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“Teeth” by Catrina Bowles

Submitted to Contest #149

It had been a conversation with her old supervisor over coffee that had gotten Detective Petra Langley back in the field. It wasn’t a desire to visit Drumheller, Alberta, of all places. The tackiness made her nauseous as she drove past the ‘World’s Largest Dinosaur’ to her motel. Everybody around her was also visiting from out of town, so fitting in wasn’t going to be a challenge, loath as she was to do so. She doesn’t sleep her first night there, the conversation from that morning rattling around in her head. “This might be your guy,...

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“Night Shift” by Catrina Bowles

Submitted to Contest #148

Officer Miranda Walker enters the elevator at Riverside Heights at 2:32am, and presses the button for Floor 5. She rings the rain from her ponytail and pulls it tight. She checks her appearance in the reflective steel elevator doors; her dark circles are deep even under her concealer. She had been drinking her mid-shift coffee when dispatch sent her to check up on a noise complaint: “Probably just a couple’s quarrel; check it out anyway.” When she steps out of the elevator, the hallway is quiet. A few of the residents who had been woken by t...

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“Baggage Claim” by Catrina Bowles

Submitted to Contest #147

The recently landed passengers of the red-eye from Calgary to London make their way from customs to the baggage claim. All eyes are on the LED sign indicating which carousel is designated for which flight. The businessmen with small carry-on suitcases bustle past them, too well acquainted with travelling and in too much of a hurry to bother with checking a bag. I move with the flow of the crowd, letting the overeager dads who hurried to the front guide me to my destination. My fellow passengers locate our carousel and all claim their ...

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