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Eric S

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2021

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Jingle Bell Rock

Eric S

Submitted to Contest #281

The surround sound system plays Christmas music throughout the whole house. Jake and Sarah are hosting a large party on Christmas Eve in their new home, which they just constructed. They moved to the country, far away from friends and family, to escape the city. After obtaining loans, they found someone who put up their dream farmhouse. They invited old and new friends to a Christmas and housewarming party. They both started working new jobs when they moved out of the city and made some new friends as well. "Isn't this amazing?" Sarah whispe...

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Lead by Example

Eric S

"Witnessing how you handled the situation, I would say that you're not ready yet," Sergeant Badger told me. "I don't understand," I say aloud. I mainly said it to myself, but Sgt. Badger overheard. "You lack the respect of the other Marines," he says bluntly. You come into the room and start yellin' at the others for their shortcomings, yet you do nothing to help them improve. You point out flaws without offering solutions. Corporal Jenkins, you're a good Marine. You score well on your PT score and combat fitness test. You are a great shot a...

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Blessing of Aesir

Eric S

Submitted to Contest #189

It was so terribly cold. Snow was falling, and it was almost dark. I sit up from a lying position on the ground and feel a sharp pain blinding pain all over causing me to vomit. A pulsating pain on the top of my head feels as if my head is split in two. I reach my hand up and feel a large painful gash surrounded by knotted hair sticky with what I assumed is dry blood. Looking up I notice I am not the only poor soul lying in the snow. Checking my surroundings there ...

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Sweet Tooth

Eric S

Submitted to Contest #148

Martha and James have been looking for a new apartment for the last few months. The housing market is outrageous right now and prices for rent, and mortgage are through the roof which has made this whole experience for them feel like an impossible task. Martha is a newly graduated nurse who just landed her dream job in the Emergency department at St. Theresa's Hospital which is an inner-city hospital that receives all the high-level traumas within the city. She wants to get all the best experience and to establish herself as a competent t...

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