DJ Grohs

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2024

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“Seeking Absolution” by DJ Grohs

Submitted to Contest #268

“You going to meetings? Following the steps?” My parole officer glares at me over the top of his black-rimmed reading glasses. Jack Conrod sits behind a messy wooden desk that takes up most of the space in the small office. He’s aged since the first time I met him, the first time I got out. Now I’m back, and let’s just say he’s not happy to see me. “Yeah, man, I’m going to the meetings. Fifth Street Church.” “And the steps?” Jack insists; he lets nothing slide. I shift in my chair, wipe sweating palms down the legs of my worn jeans. “I’m k...

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“My True Love Waits” by DJ Grohs

Submitted to Contest #267

Number ten is beautiful. When I first saw her running in the park four months ago, I knew it was time for number nine to leave. Getting them to go is never easy, and always messy – although, granted, by that time, there’s not much fight left in them. But I knew immediately; it was time. I had found my new someone, the one who would love me forever. Out with the old, in with the new. When I first spotted her from where I sat on my park bench, I was no longer much of a runner. Although I ran track in college, my sedentary job had taken its tol...

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“Mighty the Pen” by DJ Grohs

Submitted to Contest #266

“The pen is mightier than the sword: wield it wisely,” reads the whisp of paper pulled from my fortune cookie. “Well, Cissy, that’s a profound load of drivel.” I speak aloud to my empty kitchen as I crumple the bit of paper and let it fall into the detritus of my General Tso’s Sunday night takeout. Days later, though, I would be forced to reconsider. ---------------------------------------------------------------To: gloriaherrit@nevabank.comDate: Mon, Feb 5 at 10:43 AMFrom: ceceliaprobest@nevabank.comSubject: Meeting follow-up D...

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“Vengeance Is Mine” by DJ Grohs

Submitted to Contest #264

Contains rape reference Ten fucking attendants. Who needs that many attendants for their wedding? But there they stand to the left of the bride-to-be, all dressed to the nines for the rehearsal, complete with fake eyelashes and sequins. It’s clear now why Josh’s presence was needed; if the bride has ten, so must the groom. A month earlier, Josh had come in from work, mail in hand. “You’ll be my plus one, won’t you babe?” He blithely passed me an opened envelope as he dumped his keys into the catch-all bowl by the refrigerator and heade...

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“MORTAL COMBAT” by DJ Grohs

Submitted to Contest #263

“Wake up, big sister, I have news for you.” A man stands before me, insistently poking my shoulder with a sausage-sized finger. He is huge, Andre-the-Giant huge, incongruously wearing cerulean blue tights, a matching T-shirt with the letter “C” emblazoned in white across its front, and white running shorts. He looks at me with a wicked sneer, his breath horrid. “Uh, what? Who are you?” I’m groggy, my neck stiff from sleeping in the waiting room chair in the medical cente...

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Author bio

Recently retired from too many years as a computer/database programmer. Lifelong goal has always been to kick out at least one novel. This is me, getting my writing chops on. I welcome feedback, good or bad.