Kathryn Cruz

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2023

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“An Unexpected Coffee Run” by Kathryn Cruz

Submitted to Contest #284

What’s a girl to do when she notices she’s out of coffee right before a huge winter storm is supposed to hit her house? Does she determine it’s a life or death situation and, therefore, she must brave the roads? Of course she does. * My breath fogs up the glass of my driver’s side window as my forehead rests against its cold material, the circle of condensation growing bigger and smaller as I take each breath. The silence of my broken-down car is palpable in the space around me. I should’ve known better than to attempt these roads all f...

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“It’s More Than the Cheese ” by Kathryn Cruz

Submitted to Contest #281

I swear they came in hordes––completely out of nowhere, it seemed, with their loud feet and piercing voices. Shouts of “Merry Christmas!” and “Happy Holidays!” echoed between them, which only means the cookies left on the stove were indeed not for me and for these creatures instead. How unfortunate. I’ll just have to dive between their feet and scrape up the crumbs they always drop with their slippery fingers. If the two oblivious creatures I’ve been living with have not yet discovered me, I doubt these additional humans will. Hmm, well, may...

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