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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020
Submitted to Contest #294
Who Let the Dog Out?A Phone Call"Hola." "Papa?" "Yes." "I am sorry to bother you at work, but you have to come home right now. There is something wrong with Mom." "What do you mean, 'something wrong'?" "She is—I don’t know—broken." "What are you talking about? If you kids would listen when she speaks, she wouldn’t yell as much." "No, she is not yelling. That is what I am saying. She is not saying anything." "You are not making any sense at all. What is she doing?" "She is sitting at the breakfast nook—quietly." "Look, Nina, I am very busy, a...
Submitted to Contest #50
It was a nice day except for the constant sound of the bombardment. Two sergeants run with heads hung low hanging on to their helmets. They run past the major generals’ tent. “Sergeant”! The major general’s head appeared out of his tent. Both men turn to address the general. They salute. “Sir”, they say in unison. The general addresses the older of the two men. An overweight mid-thirties cliché. “Was I talking to You”? “Sir, I – No sir.” “Then why are you still here?” A shell explodes nearby. The general stands tall but the sergean...
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