Leah Hearne

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

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“Chipped Tooth” by Leah Hearne

Submitted to Contest #234

“We have all the time in the world,” Sal said as he wiped the sweat off his forehead with a dinner napkin he stole from some restaurant. He drove only with his left hand, knuckles white around the wheel as he swerved around a scarecrow. Ears of rotten corn knocked against the windshield. The sound was indistinguishable from a rain of fists. “I mean, it’s not like anyone’s on our tail,” he continued. His voice was overly jubilant as if he were trying to convince himself of his own words. “No one saw a thing. No one heard a thing. Hell, i...

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“Clyde” by Leah Hearne

Submitted to Contest #178

Nothing could ever top the year Etta showed up at our childhood home in a bright red Cadillac. She discovered it, allegedly, in the parking lot of the Harbinger Mall, prying the door open using nothing but a crowbar. Whoever owned it had likely popped into a department store to run a quick errand, reasoning that no one would be so cruel as to steal a car during the holiday season. “The idiot left their keys in the ignition,” she told us all after her third glass of red wine. “This wasn’t just a golden opportunity—it was fate.” Mom smiled...

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