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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2020
Submitted to Contest #261
Lenny took another swipe of his mop on the speckled off-white hallway floor. Dirty shoeprints adorned the floor, courtesy of Louisiana's rainy weather and the boy's football team. In the distance, he could hear the boys jostling each other and their rambunctious chatter. He remembered when he was at that age, he was a wide receiver on his own high school's football team. He enjoyed the thrill of running as fast as he could to catch the ball from the quarterback, and then running routes past the defense. He could almost hear the rush of the w...
Submitted to Contest #37
I hurried a little faster, the brisk wind seeping through my coat collar. I adjusted my thick grey scarf. My cloth bag of groceries swung side to side, bumping into my hip and right thigh. The pointed edge of the cereal box inside kept jutting into me. I shifted my bag. That was better. It started to slightly rain. Damn, I thought. I hated getting my hair wet. My apartment was only up the street ahead. I’m almost there. Almost there to a hot ...
When Kelly is not writing, she is running with wolves and dancing among the sunflowers.
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