James Offenha

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2019

Stories (200)

200 Stories

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“The Big Race” by James Offenha

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #5

The iditarod would be in two months and Finn was forty pounds underweight and considered too small for the competition. Finn, a half chihuahua, half corgi, was not the usual candidate for dog racing and besides, dog racing became illegal in Florida in the last election, but Finn and his owner really enjoyed dog racing and Alaska is the only state where it’s still legal. Finn had always dreamed of racing with the big dogs, being one of the two dogs at the head of the team, leading his team. He saw the dogs fight each other for ...

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“‘90’s Kid” by James Offenha

Submitted to Contest #4

My generation We were the first to make torn jean knees in style. My parents offered to buy me new jeans because they didn’t get it. Or maybe make the jeans into jean shorts. They thought it looked ridiculous but they didn’t understand. See, in their generation it was all about pressed clothes, slick hair, ironing, and starch. But, with my generation, it was different. We knew we were fucked. It wasn’t even a question. In my generation we were fucked because we couldn’t get fucked and a lot of other th...

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“PCH DREAM” by James Offenha

Submitted to Contest #3

The doorbell rang and my girlfriend groaned. Generally the doorbell ringing meant one of a few bad things: I left the window of her car open, I accidentally left the trunk of her car open, I accidentally pushed the button for the alarm on her car and a friendly neighbor wanted to let her know, some signature was needed for a package I’d ordered, etc. The doorbell rang again. “I’ll get it. Please let me get it,” I said. She rolled her eyes and held the older chihuahua who was barking like a burglar was about ...

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“The Judge ” by James Offenha

Submitted to Contest #2

It was 3 pm at St. Helen. I’ve done my research. I know my rights and the city of St. Helen has a reputation for discrimination and if you ask me (no one has), every single judge in St. Helen should receive a lethal injection. It was October 5, 2013 in a small, unimportant courthouse in St. Helen. The judges here have a bad reputation which they have earned. A friend of mine who suffers from S.O.B. (Shortness of breath) was in a court in St. Helen and the judge said, “You think wearing a fake oxygen mask is going to get you sympathy with me....

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“Claire's Left Hand” by James Offenha

Submitted to Contest #1

Claire’s Left HandBy James S. Offenhartz Where to find a bioengineer, that’s the $64 question. June was about to turn 14 and she didn’t have a left hand. She never had a left hand except prenatally. I, her mother, told June my umbilical chord wrapped around her left hand and cut it off, but June didn’t believe me. She told me that maybe a secret abuser came in the middle of the night to try to abduct June and I grabbed June’s hand to try to stop the kidnapper and June’s hand had come off because I loved her so much. I showed her the hos...

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Author bio

I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts from. Bowling Green State University and am in a writing group on Sundays. I am former assistant editor of Mid-American Review and Prairie Margins and was Fiction Editor of Prairie Margins. I have multiple articles published in the National Spiritualist Summit Magazine, I will be published in June.

Shortlisted 2 stories ⭐️

Contest #25

New Year’s Resolution – read story

Contest #5

The Big Race – read story