Kaitlyn Shoemaker

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2020

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2 Stories

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“Liar, Liar” by Kaitlyn Shoemaker

Submitted to Contest #55

“Can you keep a secret?” Jordan’s eyes were wild, darting every which way. They flicked to my own every few seconds, but kept surveying the area around us. “Pax, can you keep a secret? Like a really, really big one. Seriously, I gotta know.” I noticed his hands shaking, and he kept wiping them on his black cargo pants. Sweat beaded his hairline despite the chilly air whipping around the rooftop. I shoved my hands into the pockets of my dark coat, bunching my shoulders to ward off the cold seeping into my turtleneck. “Of course I ca...

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“Days Gone By” by Kaitlyn Shoemaker

Submitted to Contest #54

The supermarket was packed at 12:30 on a Tuesday afternoon. Stay-at-home moms with their toddlers in tow, elderly couples struggling to read their shopping lists, and business execs on their lunch breaks bustled down nearly every aisle. Tamara gripped the handle of her basket tightly as a very pregnant woman bounded down the frozen food section after an unruly four-year-old. Tamara was glad that her days of chasing kids around were over; now, all she ever did was worry about if her were kids were doing drugs or drinking or something d...

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