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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020
Submitted to Contest #53
Ms. Potts emerged from her little cottage style home at the end of the street into bright, blinding sunlight. A scorching breeze greeted her, blowing the graying strands that had fallen from her bun all around her head. Another scorcher. She sighed, almost wishing for a rain cloud. That would have been perfect. A little cloud to dim the sun. A little rain to cool the baking asphalt. Something to temper the raging heights the thermometer had reached. But… No. Relieving though a rain cloud might be, a stormy sky would undoubtedly ruin every...
Submitted to Contest #52
I could almost taste the gratifyingly cozy flavor of sleep as I teetered on and off from unconsciousness. My eyelids had gone heavy, my hands limp, and my thoughts slurred. Out of the darkness, a high, piercing bark jolted me from bed. Heaving an annoyed huff, I kicked the blanket off my legs. The room had gone dark, hot and stuffy in the midsummer night air. The movement from the other room had stopped. Everyone was asleep. Except me. And that infernal dog. I swung my legs over the edge of the bed and rose, snagging my glasses off the ...
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