Lavonne H.

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2022

Stories (8)

8 Stories

330 karma pts

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“Adenomyosis” by Lavonne H.

Submitted to Contest #146

N.B. Story contains graphic description of mensuration as well as expressed violence.The steam whirls around her body in the small enclosure and the moisture touches her skin with gentle pressure. Below her feet, a pool of bright red water swirls down the drain. Thérèse* leans against the shower wall onto one arm and reaches up into her vagina to feel a squishy, gelatinous mass inside. She pulls on it and the red lump falls in a splat to the shower floor. It sits there and does not readily disperse into the circular metal grate. Another...

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“The Escape Clause” by Lavonne H.

Submitted to Contest #142

Please note: child/spousal abuse and alcoholism are mentioned.Errors with science are all mine ;)144 517.25 Librarian CalendarUpdate: Clients 25672 and 25673Female and male human couple have chosen Infinite Realities package 2A.Choice by Client 25673 has grave issues and will negate the Escape Clause. Request alternative options for her contract.EeeoooshyiiiLibrarian, Highest Order***In a room with diaphanous walls, billowing white as if blown by ocean winds, a couple sits with the Librarian. Alongside the illusion of breezes, come the ...

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“Nana's Cat Sitting Services, INC.” by Lavonne H.

Submitted to Contest #141

Isabella pushed her swiveled chair away from her desk and stared at the screen with dismay and a tinge of anger. One star!! Her work had been rated one star by her very first customers.Had she lost a cat or left one in a sickened state, she could see the rating as justified. Had a cat been malnourished or abused, Isabella would have expected criminal charges to arise. Had she damaged the home of the cat owners or thrown kitty feces around, Isabella would have expected non-payment. But this?! This was unexpected.This review was seriously goin...

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“Much Ado About Garbage (with apologies to William Shakespeare)” by Lavonne H.

Submitted to Contest #141

EASY LIVINGCONDOMINIUMSMemo #6To: Owners, Residents and TenantsFrom: Mabel Martha Voight, Board Director – Building Maintenancec.c. Jason Johnson, Board President – Board President, Easy Living CondominiumsDate: &nbs...

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“Measurements” by Lavonne H.

Submitted to Contest #139

*Proper names have been changed to protect against potential embarrassment ;)“Nana, measure me!”The memory is still vivid; evoking the excitement of two preschoolers jumping up and down beside me as I hold the pencil and the ruler over one child’s head at a time. Oh, how I dread the day the grandkids will no longer want to be measured on the wall behind the office door. It was a family tradition we had had when our sons were old enough to stand by our kitchen wall. Always excited to see what new heights they were reaching in their race ...

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“Stop Growing ” by Lavonne H.

Submitted to Contest #139

Warning: This story contains violence against young children and could be a trigger for anyone who truly cares about children. Mental illness is implied.“Priscilla, this was the first dress you ever wore!” Margot shook out the tiny garment to show to her youngest and only daughter. “You were all of five months old. It was a hot, muggy day in June and you looked so sweet in this dress, sandals and your baby bonnet. I must find that photo of you sitting outside on a blanket….”Margot folded up the sundress and placed it gently in the box marked...

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“And Counting . . . .” by Lavonne H.

Submitted to Contest #137

“I always wanted to be a scientist. Ever since I was six years old. I was a precocious reader and had read Childcraft, Volume 11, “Scientists and Inventors” so many times, I had it memorized by six and a half years,” Cynthia (never ‘Cindy’) Abigail Black was telling her therapist. “I would be just like Marie Currie and work with my husband on breakthrough research. It would be so romantic to create new chemicals with a brilliant man.“Then I read about the Radium Girls and decided that chemistry was not as attractive a field as I first though...

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“Do I Dare?” by Lavonne H.

Submitted to Contest #135

I want to do this. I need to do this. I can do this.He is hiding in a wooden shed that has been repurposed from wood taken from an old outhouse to now hold garden tools. In the summer heat, the smell of urine and fecal matter permeates the small space. He wants to puke.Is that strong enough to show what is happening or am I telling the story again? Why don’t I get what that means anyway---’show, don’t tell’?I miss my old Smith Corona typewriter. I would love to rip the page with these words from the platen and scrunch it up into a paper ball...

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Author bio

Well....um, I am a little old lady who thought she would write the usual memoirs after retirement. And discovered that she loved to read -and write-short stories more! Thank goodness I did take that memoirs class, though, as the instructor (now a friend) encouraged writers to enter their writing in a variety of places. And Lea ("bless your little white socks") sent me the Reedsy link again this year. This time I wrote a story....