Daniel Longoria

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

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“For Sparta” by Daniel Longoria

Submitted to Contest #36

My name is Draco Mesos.  Putting quill to parchment I write these, what may be my last thoughts.  The time has come, or it will in a few short hours.  The time wherein I meet my destiny or earn my fate.  I write this to my Mater in the hopes she will receive this journal once the battle is set and done.  A Spartan trains his entire life for the chance of achieving glory for his family.  My Pater, Lycurgus the Wolf was brave to the end and won great honor for our family.  It is rare, but his fellows did brin...

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“Coffee, Rain, and Death” by Daniel Longoria

Submitted to Contest #34

Rumbling thunder is nature’s alarm clock.  There is no better sound to awaken to after a deep slumber.  Laying there, the sound of light rain hitting the leaking roof of this small farmhouse; the sound almost lulls me back to sleep.  I lay there listening to the rain and thunder, the occasional lightning flash adding an eery luminescence to the morning gloom and fog.  I smile, which I rarely do because to me, THIS is a near-perfect day, the only thing missing is my morning breakfast routine.     &...

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“Shopping day” by Daniel Longoria

Submitted to Contest #33

“WAKE UP! TIME TO DIE!”    “I hate that alarm tone.”    “I know, my sweet. I’ll change it later.”    Alexi sat up, his legs creaking as he sat momentarily, waiting for the dizziness to stop. He turned off the cellphone alarm checking the time on his watch. 1:00 am. Plenty of time to get ready. Shower, shave, the usual waking up ritual. Looking out the window. It was Snowing, heavily, in April. Climate changed has screwed up everything. R...

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