Corey Joyce Henderson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2023

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“Rabbit Fighter” by Corey Joyce Henderson

Submitted to Contest #207

“Get ‘im Shelley!” My brother Tommy yelled as I stomped through the mud. We were chasing rabbit’s again. Mama was making stew for dinner, and she told us that if we’d caught a rabbit she would skin it and cook it for dinner. Hunting rabbit’s was easy for most folks. But we were just kids, I was only ten and my brother was 7. We couldn’t shoot them or make traps because Pa didn’t let us touch his gun or traps because he didn't think we could handle them. Even if he did, what good would it be to set a trap when dinner would be ready i...

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“Ballad of A Sailors Wife” by Corey Joyce Henderson

Submitted to Contest #206

The woman was a tragedy. Ever since she was a young girl, she had feared the water. The soft foam gathering on the gaping mouth of the shore, the crash and roar of waves fighting within each other, and the sickening grayish-green color which polluted the entirety of the sea sent a sickening disgust into her core. And yet, within the safety and comfort of her emerald green hills, she had been drawn, unbeknownst, to her arch nemesis. She had met him at a tavern in town. He was almost otherworldly in his presence. A tall man, well built but ...

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