Greg Slayden

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2020

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“Stranger Surmise” by Greg Slayden

Submitted to Contest #56

As I sit in the backroom waiting for the game host to call my name, I hear loud music begin to play and a crowd start to cheer and clap their hands. I am watching the television that is hanging in the waiting room when the show begins to start. Different colored lights begin to light up the stage and I see the host walk out and announce the start of the show. I hear, “Hello ladies and gentlemen. I am your host, Richard Jones. Welcome to tonight's game show of Stranger Surmise, where two strangers that know nothing about each other try to gue...

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“The Secret that Saved Us” by Greg Slayden

Submitted to Contest #55

May 10th, 1940 was the day my family packed up our belongings, only things that we could carry on foot, and retreated from our home that was located in the countryside of France near the Forest of Ardennes. My father, Gage Gardner, was a farmer that had lived in our home since he was a little boy. I will always remember the look on his face. His eyes were watery as if he was holding back tears, his lips were tightly closed, and he had a regretful expression on his face that clearly showed he was bothered that we could not stay on his farm an...

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