Gloria Dawn

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“If you can't take the heat....” by Gloria Dawn

Submitted to Contest #207

If You Can’t Take the Heat….. Marcel was screaming again. He was a great chef, but when it got busy in the restaurant, he sometimes lost his cool. The brow-beaten wait staff and kitchen helpers were terrified of him, and more than a few had quit, unable to tolerate his volatile moods. I was determined to hang in there because, although he was hard to work with at times, Marc...

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“Bus Ride to Humiliation” by Gloria Dawn

Submitted to Contest #206

Bus Trip to Humiliation (a true story) When I was nineteen, I lived in Winnipeg and worked in an office out near the Winnipeg Airport, on the outskirts of the city. I took the city bus to work and back each day. My stop was the very last one on the bus route before the airport. At five o'clock when I got off work, I caught th...

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“Flight to Freedom” by Gloria Dawn

Submitted to Contest #204

Flight to Freedom (based on a true story) November 1898 Chills ran down Bluebird’s spine as she heard distant rifle fire. The sound of death and destruction seemed to come from the direction of her village. Their grandfather had heard talk that the soldiers were destroying all spotted horses, considering them a symbol of Native culture. Wisely, he’d urged Raven and Bluebird...

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“Sweet Revenge” by Gloria Dawn

Submitted to Contest #157

Sweet Revenge By Gloria Dawn Chapter One The silence at the dinner table was deafening. “What did you say?” Allison asked in disbelief. Her father had announced that Allison’s younger sister Jill was getting married to David in three weeks time, and that the family expected Allison to ...

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“Flower Power” by Gloria Dawn

Submitted to Contest #78

Flower Power Lynn set down her glue stick, turning to answer the knock on her door. It was her sister Susan, armed with a box from the bakery down the street. “Ooh, something smells wonderful! What are you tempting me with today?” “I couldn’t resist the delicious aromas floating on the air when I walked by “Sweet Treats,” so we get to pig out on che...

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