Joan Kearney

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2019

Stories (6)

6 Stories

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“Dark in the City” by Joan Kearney

Submitted to Contest #119

This story contains sensitive content including, substance abuse, and minimal physical/sexual violence It happened on a quiet winter night. The snow was so heavy all day that it left no place for cars with their motors, people to make noise, and no bird or bug for anyone to hear. The temperature had gone up just enough on Monday afternoon to allow the winter storm watch to become a warning for all five boroughs and gave Sophie a reason to leave early. Sophie, who was grateful to have had half the day off and to be home, but she was sad too....

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“The Outsiders, The Bully and The Treehouse” by Joan Kearney

Submitted to Contest #50

As soon as I noticed that Will and I walked the same way home from school, I knew I had to know more about him. We were just eight and I was the new girl in the third grade at Saint Michael’s. I spent that first day just observing the other kids who were mostly friendly except when they teased and bullied William Murphy.William was a small kid with reddish brown hair that was always a mess. He kept to himself and was almost always reading. I felt like an outsider myself too. I wasn't just a quiet girl that looked pretty much the same as ever...

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“Of Alley Cats, Crows and Mice” by Joan Kearney

Submitted to Contest #41

“I was born in the basement window well of that hardware store, the white alley cat with black spots pointed to the right of the building, my mother told me this when I was just a one-year-old kitten. I had three brothers and two sisters, and we spent our infancy clinging to her and nursing. We’d cry when she’d run off to catch food for herself, but she always came back and that’s why I am proud to be here tonight announcing that we have acquired fourteen mousetraps for our nursing mothers.”The crowd of strays erupted into high meows and stu...

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“Guidance” by Joan Kearney

Submitted to Contest #40

“What’s the plan?” Ms. Beder asked rushing into the main office to speak with the principle Mrs. Kennedy.She appeared overwhelmed, “I guess we’ll make an announcement, um well, yea come over to my desk.” Ms. Beder followed Principle Kennedy over to her desk.“Alright, well as head of guidance, I’ll definitely need your input on this,” Mrs. Kennedy said as she sat down and opened a file folder.“I don’t think we’ve ever had something like this happen, but the kids must already know, it was all over social media last night.“This girl’s parents m...

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“Rye's Secret ” by Joan Kearney

Submitted to Contest #38

In Northwestern New Jersey, away from the overcrowded cities in the east and the shore towns of the South there are small rural towns. Jenny’s parents grew up in that area and chose to stay there, and after they married, they bought an old white colonial just about twenty miles north of where they both grew up. Jenny, the youngest of four and the only girl was born in a town called Hope. Jenny threw her backpack on the couch after getting off the school bus that dropped her off right in front of her house. She went right to the refrige...

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“Fallen Angels” by Joan Kearney

Submitted to Contest #37

Bill Devine finished his coffee and waited for both a refill and his friend, Vinnie to show up. Bill looked out the Diner’s long curved Plexiglass window, it was difficult to see much of anything but the cars in the parking lot and a blurry man outside smoking a cigarette. “There he is, outside having a smoke, it figures,” Bill thought. Bill watched as the blurry figure wearing a long leather jacket flung his cigarette into the parking lot with ease and climbed the stairs to the entrance. He bypassed the host, an older Greek man who also own...

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Author bio

I live and work in NJ, U.S.A I am a writer and painter. I own a software business and am a junior developer as well. I take care of my family along with my husband, Brian. We have three children and one granddaughter. I enjoy reading, writing and painting.