Gordon Petry

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2019

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Options” by Gordon Petry

Submitted to Contest #42

1252 WordsOptions The end. It’s finally over Annie thought. My final option was gone. Her mother’s “sympathetic” phone call had been basically, “I don’t want to say I told you so, but I told you so.” It was the same words with the same phrasing, the same intonation Annie had heard most of her life, not really vicious, but with condescension thicker than her four-year-old Jimmy’s self sculpted peanut butter sandwiches. Annie had even renamed her mother’s words as “I-T-Y-S’s.” Jimmy and his two-year-old sister Jamie were about the only two thi...

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“Different Proposal” by Gordon Petry

Submitted to Contest #32

A Different Proposal Here I go again. Who am I? I’ve had so many names, so many identities that I’ve lost track. Unfortunately, I’m not the only one. Yeah, that’s right, I’m talking about the guy upstairs, the one who’s supposed to have some control or at least some idea of what’s going on. It’s like whatever whim comes into his mind, that’s what happens next, no plan, no clue where anything is going or how one thing relates to another. Complete chaos, that’s my world. It’s not like I haven’t tried my hardest. You think the big guy with his...

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“Symbiotic Quid Pro Quo” by Gordon Petry

Submitted to Contest #18

Cal was a catch, a 33-year-old lifetime bachelor, a full professor before he reached thirty, having published three acclaimed historical novels which accelerated his rapid climb in academia. Despite everything, he was modest, adored by his female students, and surprisingly, popular with his male students, also. Six-foot-tall with a muscular, make that toned body, he was a blend of several races giving him wonderful tanned skin all year long. Possibly, his most alluring physical feature was his barely perceptible Epicanthic fold.&...

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