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J. J. Fauria

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2020

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This is my worst Nightmare! or Das ist mein schlimmster Albtraum!

J. J. Fauria

Submitted to Contest #113

I Off the southwestern coast of California, hidden away at the bottom of the ocean between Terminal Island and Catalina Island is an underwater structure in the shape of an upside-down pyramid. Its color is dark blue and its size is roughly the same as an average two story house you might find on the west side of Long Beach. The tip of its sky blue apex is approximately one micrometer away from fully touching the underwater soil below. It appears to be suspended perfectly straight as if by magic. Arriving outside of it, encased in a dark...

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Black Balloon

J. J. Fauria

Submitted to Contest #112

PROLOGUE: On a chilly gusty evening, underneath a blood moon, a lone, old and worn Good Year Tire rolls into the Welldun City Veteran’s cemetery. It settles against a burgundy granite tombstone that happened to be the final resting spot of a long piece of red ribbon. ONE WEEK LATER: “Mrs. Griswold, if you can’t keep up your mortgage payments, then we will have to take the house?” “I understand, but my husband just died and I never worked. I stayed home, raised our kids and took care of the house this whole time. I don’t have any ex...

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Help Desk, How May I Help You?

J. J. Fauria

Submitted to Contest #109

I On a Wednesday afternoon, at a small desk, in a cramped, long, dirty gray office trailer; right outside of an old dark urine colored building going through its third year of construction, sits an ordinary guy answering help desk calls for the Byte Corporation. “Help desk this is William. How may I help you?” “Yes,...I can’t figure out something on my computer,” responded a frustrated older male voice. His leathery, worn and tattered face smothered with wrinkles and sadness could somehow be seen over the phone. “Maybe I can help. What...

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