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Duane Schultz

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2023

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What's Going On

Submitted to Contest #182

What’s Going On? I’m not sure exactly when this craziness all started, perhaps on that fateful day when I went down to pick up my mail in the lobby of my apartment building. This was about two weeks ago. It was a beautiful day with the sun shining, several residents visiting together in the entrance lounge area, and my neighbor Bill sharing a story with me about weird characters banging on his balcony railings at 5 am. I never heard a t...

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Looking for Mountain, Trying to Find my Sanity

Submitted to Contest #181

I’m speeding down the road in Northeastern Wisconsin with my dear friend, Joe Palooka. He and I go back a long time, friends since we were kids. I remember when we first met in George Piazzi’s variety store on Main Street where we would visit several times a week for candy and comics. I had seen Joe there a number of times, and when I walked up to him and said “Hi, I’ve seen you here before”; he just responded with “Yeah so what is your business here?” I told him, “The same as yours, getting some candy and the latest Superman ...

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