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Jeff Anthony

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2019

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Wilting Blooms

Jeff Anthony

I have a plant sitting on my window sill. It’s been there for about three months, I think, ever since I first picked it out at the grocery. The plant was in one of those seasonal racks looking all bright and cheerful, covered in blooms, and it was so pretty and fresh and natural and I was overwhelmed with the idea that if I brought it home it would make not just my dingy little apartment but maybe even my whole life brighter just by being there. And I thought to myself that all you’d have to do is water it once a week and everything would be...

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Death in the Shadows

Jeff Anthony

Submitted to Contest #37

I was coming out of a little cafe not far from the beach in the south of France when I noticed him. He had a sallow look about him, with dark, somewhat unkempt hair and a pale complexion. I would never have noticed him, other than the brief eye contact we made that let me know he was looking right at me from behind the flavored ice vendor on the broad, sunny sidewalk. I had just met the girl I was with the day before, when her kite had gotten away from her on the beach, and I had chased it down for her. She was so very charming and pret...

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Can't Sleep

Jeff Anthony

Submitted to Contest #36

March 24, 2020Well, I can’t sleep again. I should probably get up before 11:00 if I’m going to try to go to bed at a normal hour at night. I’m so used to waking up at 5:30 for school. I can’t believe they actually called off school for this virus that is going around. I guess since I can’t sleep, I’ll write in this journal my grandma got me for Christmas. I haven’t had time to write in it ever since she gave it to me. I think this whole time is going to be like a vacation, but Mom says there’s a lot of homework I’ll still have to do on my la...

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