Jennifer Prater

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2020

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“Its in the family” by Jennifer Prater

Submitted to Contest #113

     It was a truth in my family about our gift though we didn’t always admit to it. Sometimes we were thought to be crazy until our dreams came to pass. At times we were avoided by the people around us and other times they came for aid.  My grandma told me a story about how her mother had awoken one night covered in sweat. She didn’t take the time to put on her boots or a coat, she just bolted out the front door to the neighbors. She watched through her window as her mother ran across the field looking like th...

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“We are Thomas” by Jennifer Prater

Submitted to Contest #82

“Did it come in?” “No it will be here tomorrow?” Thomas had finally given in and bought the new RT99. It was basically a smartwatch phone health meter all in one.  “Dude you’re going to love it, I lost five pounds thanks to this and it tells me what my cholesterol is. I’m fit as a fiddle thanks to this little thing. Also look-” Will spoke a command and a small hologram of a dog dancing with a tiny tophat on emitted from the device. “It can literally do anything,” Will spoke excitedly. “I know, you’ve said, for what it cost it better h...

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“The Bet” by Jennifer Prater

Submitted to Contest #65

        “No!” Alex refused to go along with another stupid bet. The annual Halloween bet, where Shawny did something unbelievable stupid and usually lost. This year however would really take the cake.                “All we have to do is stay the night and it’s a thousand dollars,” Shawny pled his case.                “Stay the night?” Alex said shocked, ...

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“Breaker” by Jennifer Prater

Submitted to Contest #58

I bolted to the cupboard when the lights went out. I had overloaded the circuit knowing that it would shut down everything in my house. It was a little quirk the realtor had told me when I bought the place. I could have had it fixed but it didn’t seem like it was worth the cost at that moment. I was now glad I had been so stingy. I sat in the small cupboard in my kitchen, just barely able to fit. I had to twist my ankle to an uncomfortable degree to get the door shut. I crouched in there with a paring knife in my hand ready to strike if I n...

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