Clinton Ritchey

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2020

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“A Date with Two Syllables” by Clinton Ritchey

Submitted to Contest #56

Liz: I don’t normally do blind dates. Every single one I’ve been on was awkward. Some guys are too forward, less interested in what I’m saying and more interested in what’s underneath my dress. Some guys are “in between” jobs at the moment, and for the past eighteen months. Some guys are more into the game playing on the plasma TV behind my head than me. I agreed to this one because my sister, Josey, guilted me into it, since I “owed” her a favor. If I knew her dog sitting for me when I took an impromptu weekend ski trip would result i...

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“A Fever Dream” by Clinton Ritchey

Submitted to Contest #53

It’s August 7th, 2025 in East Texas. The 72nd day over 125 degrees, the radio says the high today is clocking in at 129 degrees fahrenheit. Everyday, I document the weather in my journal. This journal is going to be the best kept archived documentation of what’s happened since the incident. The incident changed everything. That’s how the whole world went to shit. I keep to myself, that’s how you survive these days. I stay locked in my apartment, blinds drawn and blankets nailed over the windows, to keep the sun’s radiation at bay. Lo...

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