Dale Josef

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2021

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“The Hitchhiker” by Dale Josef

The Winnebago slowed abruptly and pulled to the shoulder of the nearly deserted highway. It was deep in the night, and cold. The hitchhiker was visibly annoyed at being blocked, but what’s a hitchhiker to do? He was swathed in a huge dirty leather jacket that hung on him limply, and faded dungarees so baggy that they looked, at first glance, like a floor-length denim skirt. Winnebagos never stop for hitchhikers. Now he was blocked by it from the road. No one could see him. Hitchhikers were at the bottom of the totem pole and shit rolls dow...

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“Betsie and Susan’s Excellent Adventure” by Dale Josef

Submitted to Contest #112

Betsie stumbled in through the front door, furled her umbrella and stripped off her raincoat. The first rainstorm of spring was always a doozy! “Grandma, have you seen Susan today?” “Ya! In da basement.” “What’s she doing this time?” “Vell, dis time she ist buildingk a maksheen!” “A machine?” “Ya!” “What kind of machine?” “I dunno. I dunno vat dat liddle gorl ist doingk half da time anyvays.” “Well, she is pretty smart...” “Priddy schmardt? Priddy schmardt? Let me tell you somt'ing: Dat liddle gorl ist da schmartest liddle gorl dat I've ever...

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“Shoshona and Becky’s Excellent Far East Adventure” by Dale Josef

Submitted to Contest #112

It had been Shoshona’s turn on the midnight to dawn shift, steering their small boat through the darkness of the Torres Strait and into the Coral Sea.Becky made her sleepy way up the short staircase out of the boat's below-decks living space into the pilothouse and then up a couple more steps to the steering station just aft. She glanced at the morning sun that was barely peeking over the horizon amid towering thunderheads that were already forming. The broad ocean swells were gentle and lazy. Now at sea for many months, she rolled easily, g...

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“Marnie's Truth or Dare” by Dale Josef

Submitted to Contest #107

It was in Belinda's spacious kitchen, with its white-painted cupboards, its ten-foot ceilings and its chintz curtains that the idea was first hatched. The women were seated round the big old wooden table. They were all college-age, attractive and fairly brimming with new ideas and enthusiasm. "OK truth or dare?" said Belinda. She'd been more or less the leader of the group for the past couple of years. Marnie thought hard for just a moment. "Truth!" Marnie was nothing if not enthusiastic. "Are you still a virgin?" "Hmmmm..." Marnie now had t...

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Author bio

I'm an old cowhand, from the Rio Grande. Almost. I arrived about 150 years too late to be an "old cowhand". But I'm an author who lives in the desert southwest of the United States -- within spitting distance of the mighty Rio Grande, in fact. I draw inspiration from the spectacular geology here, the perceived isolation and the vibrant multicultural society.