Jordan Wharton

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2021

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2 Stories

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“Accused” by Jordan Wharton

Submitted to Contest #97

“Hey Vinny, get your head outta your butt and catch the ball next time.” I yelled. “Oh yeah, how bout ya put a throw on my chest, Joey!” Vinny and I played baseball every Sunday in the lot beside the middle school. Sure, there were only two of us, but our imaginations placed all-time greats like Babe Ruth and Shoeless Joe Jackson on the weed infested diamond. “Hey whadda ya say we do a homerun derby?” “Joey, you know I’d kick your butt and you’d pout the rest of the day.” It was on. I grabbed a stolen hair pin from my backpack and...

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“Light in an Empty Home” by Jordan Wharton

Submitted to Contest #96

Knock. Knock. Knock. Aurora's pale blue eyes focused on the large oak door that had not accepted a visitor since the accident five years prior. She was sprinkling homemade garlic seasoning on fresh broccoli she picked up the day before from the Eagle River farmer's market. Outside her kitchen window, the sun glistened high above the snow-capped Chugach mountains. Her house was not anything special, but it did the job. The two-story cabin, once full of energy, sat in silence at the top of Grizzly Drive. She remembered the days when Joh...

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