Julie Roten

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

Stories (8)

8 Stories

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“Georgia's Hills” by Julie Roten

Submitted to Contest #115

“That’s the Nights went out in Georgia, muhhhmm, blahh, hummh, that’s the night that they hung an innocent man”. Mary Beth couldn’t recall all the words to that classic song, so she kept repeating the words she did know, and blahh blahhing though the rest of it. She was trying to determine if she liked Reba McEntire’s version better, or whatever the name of the artist that sang it before, her was it maybe Vicky? She wasn’t sure of any of those answers, and she recalled how she would have solved this dilemma in the past. She would have pulled...

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“The Tiny Kitchen In The Sky” by Julie Roten

Submitted to Contest #105

She was naturally a quiet person; she didn’t shout out or raise her voice very often. The only time she ever screamed out loud was when a lizard jumped in her path when she was on a walk or when her Dallas Cowboys scored a winning touchdown. Otherwise, she remained calm and peaceful, keeping her thoughts and opinions to herself. Now have no fear, she had a lot of opinions about everything, but she never volunteered them out-loud in basic conversation, unless she was directly asked about a topic. She kept her aunt Emma’s words to heart, its b...

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“Hemingway” by Julie Roten

Submitted to Contest #91

Alania looks at the clock on the radio of her 2001 Nissan, it was one of the few things on that car that works like it should, so she knew the time was right, she just really didn’t want to believe it. She was going to be late again the third time in a month she was going to be late for work. She was trying to image as she sit there though yet another red light what Mr. Gregor would say to her this time. The first time she was late he was nice to her about it, just ask to try and avoid it becoming a habit. The second time she was late, ...

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“The Journey” by Julie Roten

Submitted to Contest #89

This is based on a true story lived by me in 2019. The dates and names and some of the exact situations have been changed, but the feelings and emotions and LIST are real. June 1, 2019 she wrote at the top of the page, it was 6:55am on a Monday. She had gotten to work early because she knew she had more to do today than she could possibly get done in eight hours. The lights were still dim in the building and she had just the glare from the computer screen looking back at her to give her much light. Between the lights bei...

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“Cordie The Woodland Charmer” by Julie Roten

Submitted to Contest #86

The first time she heard the voices she thought she had accidently gotten into PawPaw’s home brew at suppertime on accident. She had gone for a walk after they ate some of MawMaw’s fried chicken and mashed potatoes, something she was famous for around these parts. Corduroy, or Cordie as everyone called her, was helping them gather some wood up, but they could tell she wanted to go exploring. So, MawMaw told her to take a walk down the path behind the cabin for a bit. She was walking along the edge of the path looking at the spring flowe...

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“A Crack in the Mirror” by Julie Roten

Submitted to Contest #85

1921 She unbuttoned her coat and removed her gloves about the fourth-floor stairway. This morning when she left for work the air had a bitter chill with a few snowflakes falling around her as she walked the four blocks to her job as a sales lady at Franklin Simon’s Department store on Fifth Avenue. This afternoon as she walked home the winter air had lifted a little and the sunshine had made it way through all the buildings and gave the sidewalks just a little warmth for a few short hours. She still caught herself looking up at those t...

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“Wine Down Wednesday, Maybe?” by Julie Roten

Submitted to Contest #84

"Wine Down Wednesday 1/2 off Red Blends" written in bright red still shown with a sparkle on the window of the bar and grille. She had just painted it the week before everything changed. Ellie was so excited to have her idea finally being used, 1/2 price wine was bringing in more business on what was normally a slow night. She took her time painting those words on the old windows of the store front. The old building on main street had been many things during its years of being alive. That old thick glass still held some reminisce of those ti...

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“Old School Love” by Julie Roten

Submitted to Contest #81

He remembered her from elementary school, she was a year younger, he wasn't shocked how pretty she still was, but he was however shocked to see her getting on his bus the first day of school his junior year. She stood there looking for a seat, he cleared his throat and said to the pretty blonde girl, "you can sit with me". As she took the seat beside the boy she remembered from elementary school, her first thought was wow you have really changed. However what came out of her mouth was "you are not as fat as you use to be". He replied with a ...

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Author bio

Hey everyone, this is my first attempt at writing since I was in high school. I loved to write, but life and time became too busy and I let it take my dreams. I I have deep roots in a small town that allows me to pull my stories out of the nature that's around me. So I'm taking a stab into the world of writing. Its a little scary but it's also so rewarding. I look forward to reading everyone's stories and getting to know my fellow writers.