Laura Albrecht

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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“A Flat White and a "See You Later"” by Laura Albrecht

Submitted to Contest #44

I’m in line at Little Joy Cafe again. It’s 8:15 am, I have a work shift at 9. I don’t have time waste, but here I am, wasting it anyway. I check my phone notifications. CoStar’s horoscope is at the top. How do the planets line up for me today? The cracked skin around my thumbnail skims the screen of my phone as I scroll. Pressure in routine and social life. Trouble in love, sex, and money. Great. The line moves up, I’m only one person away from the counter now. It’s 8:16, I just want to get my coffee and leave.Little Joy is do...

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“609 Wicker Street” by Laura Albrecht

Submitted to Contest #43

609 Wicker Street. It still looks the same, so domestic and shabby. Every house has a rickety Victorian-style porch and a lawn just barely big enough for a plastic pool and a token potted plant. But of course, Angie’s house doesn’t even have that. It’s the one at the end on the corner, with only one car parked in the driveway and a patchy brown lawn. No greenery, no potted plant, no pool. No furniture on the porch either. It’s 90 degrees today, so the lack of decoration on the porch is even more jarring. Nobody sane is sitting inside right n...

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Author bio

freelance writer from San Jose, CA. writing a book, launching my business, and going to music school all at the same time. trying her best in a world that doesn't usually care.