Gabrielle Holly

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2022

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“Personal Growth” by Gabrielle Holly

Submitted to Contest #263

“Alright class. Your final assignment due next week, will be a 3-to-5-minute oral presentation about the benefits of group-based classes.” At the words “oral presentation”, Raven stopped taking notes. She gripped her mechanical pencil in her hand so tight, she felt it indent into her palm. She couldn’t see anybody else’s reaction; she just saw the back of 30 heads in 30 blue desk chairs. Different shades and lengths of blonde, brunette, black, one red, and one purple. She tried making eye contact with Ms. Hall to convey her horror. Ms. Hall,...

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“Focusing too much on Work” by Gabrielle Holly

Submitted to Contest #262

On the sixth day of his vacation, when he’d finally stopped thinking about work, Kenneth saw the CEO of the company worked for check into the hotel he was vacationing at. Kenneth tilted his head back and laughed, causing the other hotel guests in the lobby to move away from him. He opened his eyes and sighed. The steely blue eyes, angular jaw, and half smile half smirk weren’t softened by the Hawaiian shirt and Bermuda shorts he wore. The CEO would have been an indistinguishable tourist if it weren’t for the gold Rolex watch on his wrist tha...

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“Sisters” by Gabrielle Holly

Submitted to Contest #198

“We don’t want them to feel dejected. We want them to feel uplifted!” Sarah said to Principal Groft. She’s the best actress in our grade. She could make herself cry instantly as she did now. Principal Groft, a stout teapot of a man and very uncomfortable with emotional females, the perfect qualities needed of an all-girls school principal. He kept looking at his hands, so he didn’t have to look at Sarah. Principal Groft’s office was sky blue; he didn’t want to keep it lavender. His office was bare except for the wall behind him. It had the...

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