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Donna LaRue

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2024

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The Grinning Thing

Submitted to Contest #274

        I saw a movie when I was a little kid that ruined my life.        That may sound overly dramatic, but it's easy to make that judgment from a safe distance. You have the luxury to cluck and chuckle and roll your eyes, because odds are you've never seen the Grinning Thing.        That's what I called him, my vocabulary at eight years old not having the color and depth that it does today as a thirty-something who's jus...

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If Found

Submitted to Contest #271

        Nicole heaved a gusty sigh as she pushed open the heavy wooden doors of Beantown USA, her favorite coffee shop in known existence. The staff behind the counter gave her a cheery wave, and Nicole knew there was a decent chance they were already making the London Fog that she would be ordering.  She was a creature of habitual comforts and proud of it, she thought, as she settled into a high-top seat along the windows with her toasty hot beverage. A counter ran across the entire window, and s...

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