Christopher Moore

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

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“Bye Bye GoodBye” by Christopher Moore

Submitted to Contest #89

The dial-tone captured the sound of my heartbeat flatlining. I dialed Evelyn’s number. The zipping and clicking noises of the rotary dial resuscitated it. I released my finger from the last number, then slammed the receiver down. Now my heart was racing. I didn’t know what to say. I had obsessive thoughts of how to say goodbye. That’s it. I am going to her house. I rushed down stairs, and grabbed my jacket. As I opened the front door, my mother walked out of the kitchen. She said, “Jonathan where are you going?”Where was I going, “...

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“Eris' Reckoning” by Christopher Moore

Submitted to Contest #87

“They needed to be taught a lesson.  They lost their way.  Judgement will reign down upon them one day and they are not ready.”“Eris, it was not your place to start a pandemic on earth.”“Father I didn’t start the pandemic. It was their own hubris that started the pandemic.  You know as well as I, they will be the cause of their own destruction.  It serves them right.  They no longer worship us.  They worship themselves. Remember when war, pestilence, and disease served to idolize al...

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“Bargain Basement Vacations” by Christopher Moore

Submitted to Contest #83

Courtney clicked on the email from Bargain Basement Vacations.  She thought a vacation was sorely needed. The view of the frozen Kinnickinnic River, near the University of Wisconsin, was losing its appeal this late into January.  It’s always said that January is the most depressing month of the year.  The resolutions made on New Years were broken. Credit card bills arrived from all those generous gifts purchased.  It’s cold, dark and dreary. There is nothing to look forward to until there is a perceiva...

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