Gwen Hey

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2024

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Occulalia” by Gwen Hey

Submitted to Contest #274

TW: Vomit, Gore I didn’t know it at the time, but my desiccated and undead body had lay dormant and waiting under the ground for almost a century.Mother had escaped from Fathers car on the way to a lobotomy screening, supposedly to fix her many bouts of ‘hysteria’ that Father had felt so burdened by, and disappeared into the night. You’ll forgive me for not knowing how cruel and inhumane the whole thing was at the time, I hope. The education system was violently terrible, especially for girls, and I spent all of my teenage years managing the...

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“Hiring: Cashier.” by Gwen Hey

Submitted to Contest #273

At first it seemed normal. The job posting had been in the newspaper for a few weeks by the time I picked up the phone, and the man who answered had done a great job at sounding like the average uninterested boss interviewing someone he wasn’t going to call back.Even after my first few days I thought it was fine, until I noticed the shuffling of feet behind me late one night. I ran, I’m not ashamed to say, and convinced myself that I was just spooked by the quiet darkness that I was growing to expect at the end of my shift.When I closed the ...

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Author bio

I'm Gwen. I write good, sometime.