Kathy Landes

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

Stories (21)

21 Stories

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“Changing signs changing times” by Kathy Landes

Submitted to Contest #86

The two bear cubs were about 8 months old. They had been having a great time learning to climb, swim, hunt and play. Their mother had spent a few months finding them a really nice cave to hibernate in and made sure their bellies were full before they settled in for their winter sleep. The winter months were harsh with deep snow and sub-zero wind chill. The cubs had never experienced winter and when they first got to the cave wanted to play. Mother bear let them frolic and went on the prowl for one more kill. They snow had come early th...

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“One Year One Room One Me” by Kathy Landes

Submitted to Contest #84

One year one room one me The room is a rectangle with two 10 feet long walls and two 15 feet length walls. There is one window about 7 feet up from the floor on one wall and a sky light right in the middle of the ceiling. There is a door that that has been locked for what seems like forever. I have a twin-size bed, a night table, a small lamp on the night table, 5 changes of clothes, a sink and a toilet like those in a prison cell, one cup a area rug, 12 books, 12 notebooks, 2 pens, and 1 pair of moccasins slippers....

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“From down below to up above” by Kathy Landes

Submitted to Contest #83

I could feel the heat already as I popped my head up from beneath the waters surface. My legs were tired from the long swim out to the oyster bed. However, it had been a good day and I had found a good number of pearls in the mollusks, or pearl oysters, as many called them. I walked towards my small bungalow and stretched out on a towel to dry off. My mind started remembering how I gotten to this place and time since I was pretty sure this would be my last dive. I had been living and working for quite some time now on a small isl...

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“Just one of the Gang” by Kathy Landes

Submitted to Contest #82

It was cold outside and Andy was watching his friend closely. He and 5 five other kids from the local high school had decided to go ice skating at a nearby pond. Andy had only just arrived in the town about 2 months ago and was surprised that he had been invited. You see Andy was an android. No one new about it except his owners that had purchased him from another company. They were semi-retired scientist that had a long history of working in robotics. They had explained to Andy that he was going to be a kind of social experiment...

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“I didn't even know” by Kathy Landes

Submitted to Contest #81

February is one of my favorite months of the year. Of course it's usually cold were I live and more often then not there is snow. On this particular day the city was blanketed in about three inches. The plows had cleared the roads, sidewalks had been shoveled and looking out the window all I could think of is what a lovely winter wonderland mother nature had given us. If we got some more snow over the weekend I was hoping I could convince my lover to head out to a nearby skiing resort so we could get some skiing in and maybe even some snowmo...

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“Is Our Government going to fall” by Kathy Landes

Submitted to Contest #80

It was Friday and the last day of school for the week. It was going to going to be thanksgiving soon and I talking about who was coming to out house with my friends as we walked to school. All of us were trying to think of all the good food we were going to eat and if we would be aloud to help with the cooking. Were we also making plans about what we could do over thanksgiving vacation. When we got to school it started like any other school day. We had lesson, went to lunch, and then recess. But everything was going to change once we all got...

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Author bio

I was born in France in 1956 to American parents. I moved to the US permanently when I was 5 and settled in Westchester County NY. Graduate high school early at the age of 17 and moved upstate to Tomkins county. I am a mother, grandmother and soon to be a great grandmother