Kirsten Curcio

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2023

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“Government Stew” by Kirsten Curcio

Submitted to Contest #182

“Sometimes I think, when the scheduled clean comes on, the little vacuum wakes up and says ‘Aw, do I have to work today?’ because his job is to vacuum, and it sucks.” “Yeah. Maybe he wants to roll away to a better life.” “Yeah. He just slides out of the house and rolls down the street.” “… With a little blue baseball cap on.” “Aw.” “Poor guy. Something good will come of him. I can feel it.” Announcer: Give a vacuum a good life. Adopt and convert a robot vacuum of the past, to take into the futur...

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Kirsten is a mother and wife. She has driven through the Smoky Mountains twice, survived a hurricane, loves nature, travelling, photography and art. Check out more of her poetry and stories on ghosthumanbones.com fiction blog.