I. F.

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2019

Stories (22)

22 Stories

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“Duel in the Lumber Yard” by I. F.

“What’s taking so long?” Shelly yells through the closed window.“Patience is the greatest virtue, Shelly,” Howard answers.“There are cars here, you could have stopped at a gas station, this is public indecency.”“And risk driving with a full bladder?”“Shut up, Howard.”Howard obliges. Silently, he finishes his business, zips up his fly, climbs back into the car, and hits the gas. The road is wide and nearly empty, a highway somewhere off in the country. The couple is seate...

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“Kaleidoscope” by I. F.

“What are we going to do with the body?” Daniel asked. “Dude, we need to get rid of it, I think I killed him,” John said. “I’ll go back to my house to get the shovels,” Daniel said. “Guess I’ll stay here.” John’s night was blurry and colorful, he felt like he was looking through a kaleidoscope. He remembered getting into a fight with Pete, the dead body in question. John looked down ...

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“Rabbit in the Sky” by I. F.

“George, can you keep a secret?” Elizabeth asked. “Sure.”“My big sister has been crying in her room a lot, I think that could be why there’s a drought, somehow her tears are using up all the water in our city.”It was a ridiculous notion, but Elizabeth delivered it with firm conviction, like a real actress. That’s what she wanted to be when she became an adult. Elizabeth and George lay on the side of a grass hill together. From far enough, they looked like a pair of teenagers in love, even t...

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“Temporary” by I. F.

I never loved my job as a temp at a big tech company, but I didn’t hate it. My boss’s name was Kevin, he had a balding head and kind blue eyes, a real friendly-executive face. Kevin had a habit of pacing around the office and stopping by to talk to people at the watercooler and the printers. Back then I only knew two of the software engineers that worked on my floor, Jay, and Cathy, because their cubicles were across fro...

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“Peaked in High School” by I. F.

Nick had already created several computer games, and while they were all unknown to the world they had gained an audience around his school and made him a big social commodity. He didn’t like the attention, he was naturally aloof, not like all the other boys who pretended not to care about anything, and for some reason that only made him more popular. It also didn’t hurt that he had several striking features, including s...

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“The Cost of One” by I. F.

I lived with my parents in a trailer park outside of Winnipeg, Manitoba, in the prairies of Canada. Both of them were clairvoyant -their memories dipped into the past and the future- which was quite rare. It’s one thing to be able to see the future but to find and marry someone else who could do the same seldom happened. My parents ran a small restaurant on the side of a busy highway. Eventually, the health inspector was...

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“Coin Toss” by I. F.

I stood alone and watched the morning sunrise. Before leaving, I checked my bag one more time to make sure everything I needed was in there; my towel, a grey baseball cap, and sunscreen. My mother smiled and blew me a kiss from our front porch, I waved goodbye to my parents and watched them disappear into the house. Five minutes later a grey, boxy Nissan pulled into the driveway. The back door swung open and my friend T...

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Author bio

I've missed this amazing community, very glad to be back, can't wait to read everyone's stories again! I'm a young guy in high school new to writing and looking to improve, so any feedback is much appreciated! Also an avid reader; here are my favorite books (no particular order), brace yourselves, ladies and gents 😂: - Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut - Skulduggery Pleasant series, by Derek Landy - Geronimo Stilton series, by Elisabetta Dami (a childhood favorite) - Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami - The short stories of Stephen King, Etgar Keret, and Chuck Palahniuk - All the amazing stories I've read here (I know, sounds like I'm sucking up, maybe I am, but I'm being honest) Once again, feedback and tips would be great, a like will make my day and a book recommendation goes a long way. I'm no longer on the leader but we can live with that, it's less pressure, at least that's what I like to think for the sake of my ego.