Jeanell McFarlane

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2019

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“Adventure Deferred” by Jeanell McFarlane

Submitted to Contest #8

by Jeanell McFarlane“Water, water on the lake, who’s the fairest, me or Kate! “Nell rang out over and over again while dangling her legs over the edge of the pier and splashing her feet. Footsteps, gaining speed, caused her to stop and look around, but not in time to stop her from being pushed into the water! “Nooooooooooo!” her verbal protest and audible splash could be heard by all. When she had finished spitting out water from her mouth and wiping her eyes, she looked back at the place where she had previously occupied before being so rud...

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“The Pride of Tastesville” by Jeanell McFarlane

Submitted to Contest #7

“Did you hear Margaret?”, Charlotte shouted as she burst through the screen door into the kitchen. “Oh, what Charlotte”, retorted Marge, “I’m on the phone!” Pipe down! Charlotte totally ignored Margaret’s response as she jumped from one foot to the other. “They’ve brought it, they’ve brought it, it’s here! Margaret froze in mid-sentence, dropped the phone and slowly turned towards Charlotte. “What!” “Are you sure!” Questions came spilling out of her mouth. “When!” “Where is it?!” “Oh, stop running-on”, chided Charlotte. “Put up that phone an...

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“Repeatedly” by Jeanell McFarlane

Submitted to Contest #5

"I've done this several times before", muttered Jeff. He looked up and glanced around to see if anyone had heard him. All clear, he sighed with relief. He looked down again and stared at the endless lines that ran down the page in front of him. “Agh”, he said half aloud and half under his breath. He was staring so hard; the lines were becoming blurred! He gave his head a slight shake, side to side, now up and down, side to side and up and down. He stood up and stretched his hands to the ceiling while trying to balance on his toes. His legs q...

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