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Jeannie Labelle -Potvin

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2020

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The Big Kerfuffle

Jeannie Labelle -Potvin

Submitted to Contest #91

She closed the heavy front doors of the old library and sighed with relief. It had been a busy day for the librarian, she was tired, a little cranky and ready to go home for some R&R. Her day had been filled with noisy children, riff raff off the street using the library as their personal office space, people with lame excuses as to why they weren’t able to return a book and worst of all - a dreaded BOARDROOM MEETING that seemed to last for hours and hours. The most frustrating part of the meeting was that little had been resolved and ...

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Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree...

Jeannie Labelle -Potvin

Submitted to Contest #90

It started long ago in the garden of Eden, when Adam said to Eve…”Don’t sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me!”The story begins as a bit of a game, turns into quite a drama and then? Well, the rest becomes history. The original characters, Adam and Eve share some rather complicated genetics. For starters, they have the same Father. Now, that is a long story best left for another telling. Suffice to say, it involves complicated transplant surgery and gender realignment. A Snake also appears and his story gets a little com...

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The Chocolate Pimp

Jeannie Labelle -Potvin

Submitted to Contest #89

“Lucie, Lucie, wake up!”Rita gently prodded her best friend, watching carefully for any small movement that would indicate Lucie was still alive.Rita’s heart began to beat a little faster.Was it possible her friend had died? Should she call someone? The scariest part was that Rita couldn’t remember the number to call.Her fear subsided just enough to allow her to poke Lucie a little harder.She took a huge leap of faith, loudly pleading, “Lucie, please wake up, I need, I need... chocolate!” In the moment it was the best excuse she could c...

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The House That Lies Built.

Jeannie Labelle -Potvin

Submitted to Contest #88

Ginny and Sarah sat in the restaurant sipping Chai tea. It was delicious and they savoured it along with the wonderful food set before them. Ginny even laughed when Sarah first suggested murdering Joe. He was her second husband. They had been married many years before and divorced many more.Her nervous giggle quickly evolved to a more somber response as she realized Sarah was perfectly serious.At first Ginny was slightly horrified, but warmed to the idea as Sarah began outlining several plans. She listened carefully to Sarah’s schemes but be...

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The Secret Keeper's Sister.

Jeannie Labelle -Potvin

Submitted to Contest #87

. “ There is no fool like an April fool “ and so Chrissy decided to wait till after lunch to be born on April 1st. Her decision to enter the planet had begun nine months previously, sometime in late summer. She soon forgot her original contract and some of the conditions to which she, in spirit form, had agreed. Within days she assumed the guise of a normal human being, an adorable baby, quickly forgetting her predestined intentions. She entered into a family that enfolded her into the bosom of their love. True, her birth was a bit of a ...

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Deliver Us From...

Jeannie Labelle -Potvin

Submitted to Contest #86

She fell into the winter with a carcass covered in layers and layers of beautiful brown fat. Lovely layers hanging low, covering wounds inflicted over a thousand years. Battles fought, some won, some lost but each one leaving behind a wide wake of damage. Each step out onto a fresh killing field, leaving yet more scars. Stabs that twisted and turned, leaking blood at every orifice . Stabs that punctured organs nestled deep within a frame so battered and bashed that it knew mostly, only pain. She had endured pain so ...

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Time After Time

Jeannie Labelle -Potvin

Submitted to Contest #67

Trigger warning: abuse "Time After Time" “ Family Secrets are secrets kept within a family...it can relate to physical or psychological abuse......crimes such as murder” Excerpts from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia “Shut your mouth” he hissed in her ear. She knew better than to respond other than immediately ending the conversation with the person beside her. She quickly composed a serene smile, leaning into her husband as though he’d whispered some sweet endearment. She knew the vise grip on her arm would ...

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BROKEN HEARTED MELODY

Jeannie Labelle -Potvin

Submitted to Contest #39

“A Family Secret is a secret kept within a family. Most families have them...They can relate to complex issues such as... mental illness...suicide." I lost my man a thousand years ago - I think. I can’t remember for sure. I don’t remember my name. I don’t remember the names of my family. Sometimes I get faint glimmers of my man’s name - it may have been something like Wolf or Star, maybe Star Wolf. He was my Man, and I loved him more than life itself. I can’t remember the names of our children. ...

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