Dena Linn

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2021

Stories (2)

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“Motherland ” by Dena Linn

Submitted to Contest #216

Have you ever noticed the strange things people do with their hands? Some grip tiny porcelain cups between thumb and forefinger, sticking out their pinky. Others have the mug between their palms like a chunk of gold. Some stare down and let the warmth hit their faces while their hands caress their phones. This is what I see when I push through the glass door and hear a shot of expressed steam. My ankles and wrists itch, ...

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“The Problem Is” by Dena Linn

🏆 Winner of Contest #127

CW: terminal illness It was day four hundred and fifty-eight for Paul. He weighed in at fifty-eight kilos, down from a strapping ninety-three. He was also fifty-eight years and counting. His doctor prognosed it and Paul felt old, sick, and wasted, his body no longer his own, and tomorrow would be 1999, another absolutely nothing new year.  It was years now, he’d asked Matt what Silence equals Death meant. He’d be the first to admit to being a simple guy, the one whose IQ matched h...

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Author bio

Dena Linn, ex-urban, thriver, community child, not one of ‘those girls.’ 1st-Place win, “The Problem Is,” in Prompted, by Reedsy. Published in: Hawkshaw Press’s anthology Hard Boiled and Loaded with Sin, TheChamberMagazine, Down in the Dirt Magazine and ArielChart International Literary Journal. Also published numerous stories with Transcendent Authors. Author website: https://linnfiction.com HardBoiled and Loaded with Sin: https://bit.ly/3Lgs1A1 Down in the Dirt/SCARS: https://bit.ly/3oSD4rL ArielChart: https://www.arielchart.com/2022/07/my-name-is-youssou.html Prompted: https://amzn.to/4220vxz

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Contest #127
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