Kevin Elias Kaye

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2023

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Leaving Paradise” by Kevin Elias Kaye

Submitted to Contest #209

Bobby had no memories of leaving Paradise. He had only just taken his first steps when they left, but to hear his mother tell the story of their exodus he had been tramping around the pine needle blanket in the front yard just waiting for his dad to notice. “Your father,” she told him, “didn’t even have a car seat in the truck for you. So I put you in a box with blankets and slid you on the little jumpseat behind Jack. Jack always sat in the passenger seat like your dad had trained him. That dog went everywhere with him, and he abandoned hi...

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“Geoffrey Zinken, born magician.” by Kevin Elias Kaye

Submitted to Contest #207

Geoffrey Zinken was born a magician. During baseball practice he would shag balls like the rest of us, but rather than throw them back to the coach he would collect them so he could practice juggling. Once, during an actual game, he caught a fly ball and when he threw it back to the infield we all stood slack jawed as a dove fluttered away. At first the off white bundle traced the arc the ball should have before suddenly spreading its wings and veering toward a windbreak of trees. While we squinted, Geoffrey took a bow. The neighborho...

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Author bio

I have worked as a teacher, a cook and a bartender, and I have enjoyed it all, but I would rather be reading and writing and gardening and thinking.