Lisa H. Owens

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021

Stories (4)

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“Dear Editor: Sorry About Your Arm” by Lisa H. Owens

Submitted to Contest #197

Dear Editor:It is nice to meet you and so interesting to hear about the series of events that led to your success (sorry about your arm!) in coding, website design and eventual creation of two creative writing websites. I believe every decision we make in life changes the course of our lives; however, in your case, it was an injury to your arm that initiated a career change. Turn left instead of right at a traffic light, or slip while attempting to put out a dumpster fire, injuring an arm in the process, and the course of one's life cou...

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“The Chaotic Trial of the Gaffer” by Lisa H. Owens

Submitted to Contest #190

“Speak now, for to hold your tongue is to condemn this boy to death. What say you, my constituents? Will you execute the gaffer?” Father Yosemite slowly ran his claw-like titanium fingernails down the gaffer’s cheeks, leaving behind identical deeply etched mazes. Bloody hallmarks of shame. “The floor is now open for discussion,” he spread his arms wide—a humble man not afraid of discord—then pointed to the focal point of the chamber. A slab of granite retracted to reveal the Open Floor, a natural phenomenon, burping and expelling noxious fu...

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“The Other Couple: Part II of The Tony Chronicles” by Lisa H. Owens

The man I still call Husband, though we have been separated for over three years, was my boyfriend and roommate back in 1985, us sharing a dilapidated two-story house with another couple. The house, a study in contrast, on the one hand was a thing of beauty, being that it was located merely one block from a decent beach between Swampscott and Nahant on the Atlantic Ocean, while on the other hand, a thing of horror, being that our landlord was a drug dealer who kept trying to get us addicted to hardcore drugs.Tony, our swarthy Greek landlord,...

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“What Happened to the Door? Part I of The Tony Chronicles” by Lisa H. Owens

Submitted to Contest #148

I was exhausted after an excessively long three-day trip, catering to the whims and fancies of Lockheed L-1011 TriStars filled to the gills with passengers flocking to Fort Lauderdale by the millions, it seemed. Everyone seemed to be flying south; it was snowbird season in the Northeast quadrant of the United States. I dragged Dog, the name given to my navy-blue carpet covered carry-on suitcase, up a couple of rickety stairs leading into the kitchen. I rounded the corner to head up to my bedroom coming face to shlong with Tony, my swarthy Gr...

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Author bio

I am a retired Delta Airlines flight attendant and former monthly humorist columnist, residing in North Texas with my daughter, two rescue dogs and a work-from-home job as an environmental compliance coordinator. I began writing in earnest at the age of 56, my first published story being a real-life horror about the time I was nearly abducted by Ted Bundy while living at a shady motel in Pensacola Florida in 1978. My work's been featured on The World of Myth Magazine, Beneath the Surface News, Spillwords, WOW! (Women on Writing), International Lockdown Journal, Horror Tree’s Dark Nowhere Series, Short Story Avenue, The NZ Dream, Short Story Town, Coping Magazine and narrated in The Poet’s Lounge—a channel on YouTube. I have a lot of stories and poems published in anthologies of various genres, my favorites being humor and horror. Recently, I was one of many “Women in Horror” in Black Ink Fiction’s Women in Horror Month Showcase (February, 2022) and my bio was included in “Who's Who of Emerging Writers 2021.” My stories are typically inspired by true events, often including private jokes and family nicknames. You can read samplings of my mostly humor inspired work at www.lisahowens.com or on Amazon: (https://www.amazon.com/Lisa-H-Owens/e/B09TZ551SB/)