Lise Rowlandson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2023

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“JOE AND THE GRIZZLY” by Lise Rowlandson

Submitted to Contest #232

JOE AND THE GRIZZLY They threw themselves off the horizon’s precipice that year. Two tenacious tenderfoots left their genteel societies to cross the 60th parallel with dreams of unbridled wealth and power. They pushed against the biting winds, fur-covered heads collapsed, pulling overloaded sleds across acres of blowing snow while aurora borealis chandeliers lit their path. Every sunless day could easily have been their last. Bill Smythe and Joe Campbell made the life-threatening expedition up the British Columbian coast with one ton eac...

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“That Animal” by Lise Rowlandson

Submitted to Contest #221

That Animal Dad built our house in 1919. He erected a simple two-storey, three-bedroom brownstone with an eye-catching wrap-around porch. It was a respectable home occupied by a respectable family but, with time, it no longer was respectable. Rumours surfaced from the many families that moved in and out of my house through the years. Its reputation went from ‘That’s where the Postmaster used to live’ to ‘That spooky house has a malevolent spirit.’ Not that it looks spooky from the outs...

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