Gene Gryniewicz

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

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“Wednesday Morning 3:34 a.m.” by Gene Gryniewicz

Submitted to Contest #52

A 24/7 Mega Mart is scary as hell … all by itself; it doesn’t need a blizzard and whiteout conditions to entice passers-by inside. It needs only the promise of heat … and, possibly, an answer to the question of why a passer-by is passing by a 24/7 Mega Mart at the height of a blizzard … at 3:34 in the morning. Let’s make it a Wednesday morning. Introduce an abandoned baby to the mix, and God only knows where you could end up ... like I ended up in aisle 16b. That’s where the samples are handed out and the cooking demonstrations ...

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“The Two Hundred Gold Coin Story” by Gene Gryniewicz

Submitted to Contest #51

ONE Once there was an old man; and there was an old woman, too, who was his wife. Together they had everything they could possibly need or want, for that matter. They had each other, of course; and they were so close – they knew each other so well – they finished each other’s sentences. They shared stories … but if one of them knew a story, so did the other. They finished each other’s stories! Now this was a long time ago – when tigers still smoked deeply on their long pipes; there weren’t as many stories then as there are...

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“Waiting On The Fourth Wish” by Gene Gryniewicz

Submitted to Contest #49

1. The Green Bottle The last lighthouse keeper keeps his hand as close to the green bottle as possible ... without actually touching it. Touching it would complete the circuit ... grant the wish ... it would grant the final wish - And he didn't want to do that. That would close the great doors, and seal them. Turn out the lights. Are the windows all shut? Make sure the alarms have been set. And catch that last bus home. After that? 2. Does the Night Crew Come In? I wonder. Do they wash the f...

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“A Rough Sketch” by Gene Gryniewicz

Submitted to Contest #48

Once there was a storyteller who started one of the stories she often told like this: There was a young girl, once upon a time; and her name was Kristen. She was not a very big girl - being only six years tall on her last birthday - but she was magical; she had super powers – She could fly when she wanted to … which was not often; flying made her dizzy. She had super strength; she could lift up whole cars to see what was beneath them … but only when she was actually looking for something … something, perhaps, that she had misplac...

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