Jesse Cade

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2023

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Time Is Money” by Jesse Cade

Submitted to Contest #275

It was a beautiful day to spend indoors. With three essays to procrastinate, a group project to minimally participate in, and two classes to probably skip, Robbie Kessler was feeling a bit overwhelmed. Fortunately, the dread of having to be productive was nothing hours of video games and slices of pineapple-pepperoni pizza couldn’t solve. It was cheese-stuffed crust, by the way. Obviously. Robbie wasn’t an animal. He did live like one, though. His dorm looked more like a bombed out zoo than it did a bedroom. Dirty clothes, scatte...

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“Slice of Life” by Jesse Cade

Submitted to Contest #226

The last slice of pumpkin pie called to David. It teased him, tempted him, until he could hardly bear the suffering. For several minutes now he had stood transfixed, his gaze beholding the soft decadence of the sweet filling that rested on a bed of warm crust, topped to perfection with a white bloom of whipped cream. And this wasn’t just any pumpkin pie. This was Aunt Rachel’s pumpkin pie. For David, who only saw his aunt during Thanksgiving, this dessert was as rare as common sense was in the federal government. It was a dessert worth dyin...

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Author bio

One day I will write a book. Just not today.