Kate Osment

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2019

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“Tired of (Daily) Life” by Kate Osment

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #5

When Hal Goodman returned home from a plug-ugly, lemon cleaner and dry air-smelling container of a building in which they had spent the past ten hours, otherwise known as work, their girlfriend started crying. Nothing to do with Hal, it should be added. The cause of her distress was a news bulletin hissing from the radio, about an arson case up north. Three Poles or something similar, judging by the sound of their names, had apparently set fire to their shop in the hope of getting an insurance pay-out and the flames had spread to the house n...

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“To Love Somebody” by Kate Osment

I wake with a bad feeling that comes from drinking a bottle of Wacholder the night before and a worse feeling that comes from the knowledge it’s all gone. A hasty squint at the green glass in my hand confirms the emptiness within, and I groan. I’ll have to look elsewhere for solace, and I don’t know how long it’ll be before I’ll be able to manage to get downstairs. The dawn glare stabs my eyes; the mattress stabs my back because there’s a hole in the stuffing and a rusty spring...

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Shortlisted 1 story ⭐️

Contest #5
Tired of (Daily) Life – read story