Laurie Jordan

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2024

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“Love Resides Beneath the Porch” by Laurie Jordan

Submitted to Contest #275

This wasn’t how I had planned on spending my day. I had a rather full schedule, but…sometimes fate takes your day and twists it. The extension cord that is your life, the one you so carefully roll and put away, somehow, always seems to be in knots each time you need it. The little critter had hopped in front of my car as I was leaving the house of my last grocery delivery. Lady Agnus had ordered her usual; Marie Calendar meals, cheese and whiskey. She certainly wasn’t the picture of health, but no one could argue that it seemed to be worki...

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“What Hides Beneath the Mud” by Laurie Jordan

Submitted to Contest #274

The mudslide came down the river, crept over its edges and stretched its arms like octopus tendrils out into the neighborhoods. Singular streams, rolling mercury, traced the cracks in the center of the road, filling them with its precious collected items along the way. A vile of medication in a pothole, a contact lens case snuggled into the yellow reflector – Ode to the champions of sight! The orange construction cone upside down in the ditch – a mud ice cream cone for those who liked to press the sweet chocolate treat down with their tongue...

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“Perfect Beautiful Rainbow Sandals ” by Laurie Jordan

Submitted to Contest #270

((Content Warning: Death of a Child)) There is the ghost of an eight-year-old girl who lives in my attic. Not everyone who is haunted knows who haunts them and why. But I do. Dear reader - let me tell you. I know. And she is most certainly upset with me. My ghost has blond ponytails and wears a pink Hello Kitty shirt. She has little jean shorts that go up to her bellybutton. Her fingernail polish is neon colored and chipping away, and her skinny, broken matchstick legs – toes pointing in different directions – are period punctuated with ...

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“The Violin ” by Laurie Jordan

Submitted to Contest #269

New York TimesNEW YORK       SUNDAY     AUGUST 21, 2011A violin valued at over 3 million dollars was turned in to the authorities this week. The instrument, the Davidov-Stradivarius, was stolen 16 years ago from the home of Erica Morini. The authorities have never had any leads. 1926The music from her violin flittered from the stage like twinkling pink sunset light off a rippling pond. Tiny glossy notes followed each other from instrument to ear. I hadn’t planned to go to the symphony t...

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