Katie Sayers

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2024

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“I'm Here” by Katie Sayers

Submitted to Contest #280

I’ve got my heated blanket on high, my laptop fully charged, and my butt firmly planted on a well-worn couch. It’s snooping time. First stop, Amazon. ‘Tis the season for seeing what people are buying for Christmas. Thanks to my mom, who shares her account with a multitude of people, the orders section is a goldmine for learning information. Who’s giving socks for Christmas and who bought matching iPads for their children? Spoiler alert, it wasn’t my parents. I start from the top, my mom is ordering herself groceries on Amazon Fresh: celery, ...

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“It All Comes Undone” by Katie Sayers

Submitted to Contest #280

I never walk into a room hoping that someone will show me every single mundane detail of their home. Yet here I am, trailing behind my new ditz of a coworker, feigning interest in her kitschy mementos from unremarkable trips, and poorly done DIY renovations. Unless you have a stack of gold bars in your basement or a clone of Elvis Presley in the living room, I don’t care. We flit from room to room until we end up at her office, her “pièce de résistance” as she calls it. I think it’s a pièce of garbage. The room is small, only about 100 squar...

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“I Made it All Better” by Katie Sayers

Submitted to Contest #278

Inside, I am squealing right now, but I gotta play it cool on the outside so taking a deep breath I survey my work. On my right, I have my mom, her younger brother, and my older brother Juno, attempting to build a human pyramid. The only trick is, my 100lb brother can’t be on the top. They’ve tried having Mom and Juno on the bottom, my uncle and Juno, and now I think they’re trying to perform a reverse pyramid. Points for creativity I guess. On my left, my grandfather, my 6-year-old female cousin Layla, my dad’s older sister, and my als...

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