Helen Single

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2021

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“Honey Bun” by Helen Single

TW: Discussion of suicide The clock ticked painfully slowly overhead, counting the night down in bloated seconds as May’s anxiety about missing a call wired her tired eyes open. She didn’t much enjoy the busyness of the night shift, and as she swirled the dregs of her coffee around the bottom of her cup, she wondered if she had enough change in her wallet for a Honey Bun. Her eyelids drooped and her mind drifted toward glazed goodness when the landline across the desk started ringing. A clumsy hand slapped at the phone and lazily brought it...

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“Cues” by Helen Single

Submitted to Contest #107

The faint reek of cigarette smoke tickles my nose as I push into my hometown’s dingiest dive bar for the third time this week. My mouth waters as the aroma of cheap, greasy fries and fatty meat cuts through the dank mix of sweat and liquor breath. I drag my gaze across the room to find nothing of particular interest; two grizzled men sit at the bar mumbling to each other as a couple of college kids play a very unconvincing game of pool in the corner. I flash a crooked smile at the bartender and hop into my usual seat by the wall. He rolls hi...

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