Cliff Mansfield

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2022

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“The Gift” by Cliff Mansfield

Submitted to Contest #283

Evelyn Carter looked at her husband Tom, as he drove the family to visit her mom in the mountains of California. The sudden death of Evelyn’s father made it necessary to spend Christmas with her mother. Tom couldn’t get off until Christmas Eve. But her mom was thrilled that they could make it for Christmas morning. Christmas was a big deal for her mother. She loved to decorate for Christmas. As a child, Evelyn remembered how important holiday traditions were for her mother. Every year her father put up Christmas lights around the ...

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“Goodbye to the Mother Road” by Cliff Mansfield

Submitted to Contest #282

The silver Quonset huts of the Marine Corps Logistic Base, Barstow, glistened in the sunshine of the Mojave Desert. Jake Sanford sat on an old picnic bench alongside Route 66 and waited for the 10:00am bus to Barstow. Jake pulled out orders received in the mail and reread to make sure he got all the details right. He was being assigned to the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade in Da Nang, Vietnam. The orders were dated June 10, 1969. He would land in Vietnam on Friday the 13th. His time at MCLB Barstow introduced him to the monotony of l...

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“The Last Chance” by Cliff Mansfield

Submitted to Contest #129

Sunrise exploded with blood-red slashes across the frozen horizon. Jeff hit the rise and caught air, landing with a jolt that nearly tore his helmet off. Gaining speed, he leaned into a right-hand downhill turn and threw a rooster tail into the berm of the narrow trail. His jaw hurt and he realized he was grinding his teeth. He dropped his head for a second and inhaled. Jeff squeezed the remote button on his ski pole and said, “Sammy, you copy?” Carrying speed from the short downhill, he leaned left and popped up over a rise and into a b...

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