Kathleen Papageorgio

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2022

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“Seams Like A Plan” by Kathleen Papageorgio

Submitted to Contest #170

   How on earth can a person make plans when he or she isn’t sure what they want to do in life? That being said, if we all knew what we wanted to be when we grew up, we would therefore know to plan on where to go to school, what curriculum to take, how many years and dollars that would have to be set aside to accomplish this-and that would be easy. What if the person in question was talented in so many areas and could be a professional in all of them if he would only choose one to pursue? But to decide on a single attribute wo...

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“The Monster & The Thing-a-Ma-Jig” by Kathleen Papageorgio

Submitted to Contest #169

  9 year old Johnny Jones lived in an old and spacious Victorian home with his grandmother, Nana Jones. It sat on 10 acres of oak trees in the hills overlooking the city. Ever since he could remember the atmosphere in the house and the surrounding grounds was heavy, giving the inhabitants a feeling of dread. It gave off a kind of creepiness that once it stuck to you it was hard to shake off. Even though he brushed off all of the unexplained and mysterious events that would happen to him there, Johnny knew that most of them were bey...

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“Bowling Against the Damdykers” by Kathleen Papageorgio

Submitted to Contest #166

   “I quit,” I flatly exclaimed. Since I was the captain of our bowling team I decided I was not going spend my Sunday nights tolerating the sight of Allen and Lu Lu Damdyker purposefully aim their bowling balls straight for the gutter anymore. I was also stuffed up to the neck with the obnoxions that spewed forth from these people. I was through. But it wasn’t only Allen and Lu Lu’s futile “Pie Chucking” type of bowling form that needed changing. It was more about their know-it-all disguise they wore over the obvious ignoranc...

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“Dining With The Damdykers” by Kathleen Papageorgio

Submitted to Contest #162

Lu Lu waddled into the living room where her husband was lounging on his worn-out and patch-worthy Easy Boy watching cable TV. She stood in front of him with her hands on her hips and pretending to be impatient. Lu Lu was hungry. But her appetite craved grilled cheese. But since Lu Lu didn’t know how to cook, she had to somehow get Big Al to prepare it. So the persuading began. Knowing that Big Al thought he knew everything and could do anything better than anyone, Lu Lu aimed a barrage of compliments at his bigger than life ego. Lu Lu beg...

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Author bio

The Damdyker family (name has been changed) really exists and lived a short time with my husband and myself. As for me, what is to tell? I am a writer, crafter and Jill of all trades (or most)