Kelly L

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2021

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5 Stories

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“It Pays the Bills” by Kelly L

I am feeling all of my fifty-nine years as my assistant is slathering my bare skin down with petroleum jelly. I already have the make-up on. That’s the easy part, the hard part is the costume. Luckily, LionCon only comes once a year.I will never forget the first time I saw The Deer Hunter. It was a Friday night 1978, I was fourteen years old and had badgered my older brother to take me to a movie. The one condition was that he got to pick the movie. I agreed and sat down in the theater resolved to enjoy a nig...

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“The Feathers” by Kelly L

Warning: this story deals with emotional abuse, trauma and death.Brother is different.As a baby, he rarely cried. When he did, it was at most a whimper, a subdued plea for a bit of attention when he needed a bottle or had a wet diaper. We thought he couldn’t talk until he was five and he began talking in full sentences one Christmas morning.I was only a couple of years older than him, but I still remember my mother’s joy and my father’s relief when he told them “I don’t need any of those toys....

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“Found You” by Kelly L

Grandma is dying but she has lived a long and good life. At the age of ninety-seven, she was in remarkably good shape until a cancer diagnosis three months ago. She made it clear from the start that she didn’t want to fight it. No chemo, no radiation, no surgeries. “Just keep me comfortable and let me die in my own home,” was all she asked. My sister, Laurie, and I were supposed to be taking turns staying with her in her house, but Laurie works a lot. I am basically staying here full-time. Fortunately, my job is a remote r...

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“Legacies” by Kelly L

Note: This story deals with disappearance and death. I walk through my home now and I marvel at how safe everything looks. More than safe, solid. The dark heavy beams, the hardwood floor, the double-paned windows set inside the thick walls. My great-grandfather built this house. He meant it to be the ‘forever home’ for his family line running through the eldest children. The oldest child of every generati...

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“Permanent Residents” by Kelly L

Note: This story mentions both suicide and murder.Caroline did not mind the quiet so much, but Arthur hated it. Vivian had mentioned that she was getting bored with no tenants around. Ewell had said nothing. The kids, twins named Hazel and Haskell, managed to make their own fun. They chased the mice that scurried down the empty hallways, looked inside the walls at treasures people had hidden and sometimes played in the empty rooms. Still yesterday, Caroline had found them sitting on the stairs in the second floor la...

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Contest #175

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