Julia Potter

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

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“In the Basket” by Julia Potter

Submitted to Contest #286

In my twenty-one years of life, never have I taken anything that did not belong to me- not until today.  Perhaps my uncanny aversion to stealing came about by means of my mother. When I and my two sisters were young, any arguments over who stole whose hairbrush or Polly Pocket was quickly put to an end by my mother’s methods of property management- namely, everything in the house was labeled. Far from being merely a prevention of playroom squabbles, labeling became a lifestyle that encompassed everything from forks and tupperware to Wii...

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“Carrick's Coffee Tavern” by Julia Potter

Submitted to Contest #197

Carrick’s Coffee Tavern was the epitome of the phrase “don’t judge a book by its cover.” It was a ramshackle building with peeling black paint and oddly placed windows that made one wonder if the architect had been quite sound in the head. After its first host building had collapsed in on itself, it relocated to the backwater district of Winterstown where there was next to no parking for carriages and even less space for the moderners who used automobiles. Its backyard overlooked the Chastoll Creek, which flowed for hundreds of miles down fr...

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“Almost Always” by Julia Potter

Submitted to Contest #177

This was a bad idea. I knew it from the time I stepped foot out the door. I got that little feeling somewhere in between my heart and my gut that maybe, just maybe, I should not take a day trip by myself through Kyoto. But did I listen? Ha. And did I think to maybe charge my phone before leaving the home of the very kind, very understanding host family? Iie. That’s the Japanese word for “no”, although I’ve been told it doesn’t quite mean “no”, because saying no isn’t polite, or something like that. It’s also one of precisely five Japanese ph...

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