Kathryn Fitzsimmons

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2022

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“Gangstalene” by Kathryn Fitzsimmons

Submitted to Contest #249

It was move-in day, freshman year of college, 1994. My room was the first door on the left, in a long, dark hallway with spotty fluorescent lighting and dingy brown carpet, threadbare in patches where coeds had tread since the early 70s. My roommate was a wisp of a human, a lean cross country runner who had taken up residence the week prior, due to early arrival for all fall athletes. My parents and I hauled in a foot locker, duffle bags, pillows, lamps, and a microwave just large enough for heating up ramen. They gawked at the boys entering...

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“On the Road Again” by Kathryn Fitzsimmons

Submitted to Contest #175

On the Road AgainBy Kathryn Kerr FitzsimmonsBill had explored, executed and exhausted more than one post-retirement endeavor by the time he decided to drive for Guber. After thirty five years of great success in the corporate world, he felt under a microscope every day he spent in his own home. His career had taken him all over the globe. He was a provider, and an excellent one at that. He gave his only child a life he could never have imagined as a boy. His daughter had circumnavigated the globe five times by the...

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“The Leaf Blower” by Kathryn Fitzsimmons

Submitted to Contest #174

The Leaf Blower By Kathryn Kerr Fitzsimmons “Birth, life, and death - each took place on the hidden side of a leaf.” - Toni Morrison Carol is an elegant 79 year old woman who has had both hips, both knees and one ankle replaced. She suffers from bursitis, osteoarthritis a...

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