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M.E. Austin

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2025

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THE POOL

M.E. Austin

Submitted to Contest #302

THE POOL She is thinking back… 19-89. She was living in California. It was the exact day she found out about Earl. A year after her father died It was late at night… I don’t know what time it was. But it was dark where she was at. In fact, there were four of them there. Amy, her mom, Rick, and the guy who lived next door. His name, I don’t remember. Amy remembers waking up with this kid sleeping next to her. Uncomfortable. When she woke him up to go home, Rick and her mother were sleeping on the couch. That’s when it hit her. It was just...

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The Trip of Her Life

M.E. Austin

THE TRIP OF HER LIFE Only one more stop and they were off. Again. Yay. Not the kind of yay that a person of any age thinks when they hear that one word either. Or the kind of yay, that a person of any age blurts out when they enter an area that is going to be amazing and fun.Or the kind of yay that a person of any age feels because they cannot wait to go someplace, they have never been to before. Or a place you never would have thought of going to until three months prior. Nope. Not that kind of yay, at all. Complete opposite, as a matter o...

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The Trip

M.E. Austin

The Trip It took Amy forever, to be ready for this trip. It’s been two years, and she still feels empty inside. She needs to come up with a plan. A plan for when she has nothing more to do. Amy has been living in a world that she has wanted to escape from, since the very, beginning. They quickly left the hotel somewhere in North Carolina. Quite quickly as a matter of fact. With traveling to different places, comes different foods. And those different foods from different places gave Amy a different problem. Every window that could open was...

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To Whom it May Concern PART 5

M.E. Austin

Submitted to Contest #299

TWIMC-5 Amy needs to clean under the feeders. She also needs to clean the porch. Get rid of a rug or two. And move the grill to the other side of the porch. Hi. I need to talk to you. I wish you were here, so much. I need you here. I’m glad that I’m here. I don’t have to go back. I don’t want to go back. I could easily say that I don’t care. But I do. I don’t understand. I wish he would be honest. He’s, too close to home. But not. Right now as of this moment, I really have no desire for a relationship. Why?? Because Amy has always been...

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The Reason

M.E. Austin

THE REASONTodayGood morning.7:41 AM.Happy Saturday.A new day.It’s going to be a beautiful day. Bright-bright sunshine. The warmest it’s been all year. Fifty, seven. She’ll take that. Tomorrow it will be fifty-nine. And Monday it will be sixty, six. Soon. This is a weekend to clean up the yard with fresh chips and dirt. The dog poop, goose poop, and also the leaves that have gathered on the driveway. It will be done and clean by Sunday evening. But first, there are some things that need to be done beforehand. Such as get propane for the grill...

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to Whom it May Concern: PART FOUR

M.E. Austin

Submitted to Contest #298

TWIMC...FOUR Today is a new start.To new beginnings.Hello.24-27.9:52 to go. 31-34.We are going to lose.We lost.Too, too bad, Detroit. Sorry boys. All of you.Ok.It’s sad.But it’s over. Onto a new year in many ways, but one..Trevor called me this morning to wish me happy birthday. And to say that he couldn’t come over because of some reason or another. Birthdays are getting old. She would rather be at home. He’s still planning on taking her to the golfing range on Sunday. She told Logan and Megan that and asked them if they wanted to go also...

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CIRCLES-33

M.E. Austin

Submitted to Contest #297

CIRCLE33 Hello. Amy made some spaghetti sauce when they got home. Good way to get rid of the habanero pineapple sausages we had left over from last night. Jason had to break up the sauce because he couldn’t handle the heat. (pussy) Just kidding. He wouldn’t have been able to handle the heat. They were even hotter second time around. But they were good in the spaghetti. A good dinner. A nice dinner. We all three, sat at the table and played Rummicube while we ate. Together Amy is trying to change up her sleeping schedule. It’s either still, ...

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To Whom it May Concern: PART THREE

M.E. Austin

Submitted to Contest #297

TWIMC-3 Boxes of memories. A chaotic mind riding on the edge. It doesn’t matter anymore. Hello? Say it! Say it! It is the pure consciousness of society. An epiphany of sorts. The new normal. Say it!! You’re slipping. Say it! You’re slipping. Only because I love you. Re-writing a history full of prophecies. Suffocating in her little brown jar. She remembers so clearly. Staring out over the ocean. Clang, clang, clang. Ching- ching. Bang-bang. Her muffled screams before she lost her mind. Focus. Focus. Focus. Bam, bam, bam. Bang, bang, ...

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to Whom it May Concern: PART TWO

M.E. Austin

Submitted to Contest #295

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: PART TWO I do not wait for ideal circumstances or favorable conditions. I find myself, here, in this present, whatever may happen or not happen. -David Dillard-Wright, PhDPlease, wake me up.Please…. Wake, me, up!!! She remembers her mother’s voice speaking so quietly…No honey…You’re not dreaming. 05-12-88 This is my dream.I’ll decide where it goes from here.-Alice Epiphany. She can’t think of the meaning, but she does know that it sounds like an Amy, word. Kind of. Epiphamy. She knows what it means,...

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To whom it may concern

M.E. Austin

Submitted to Contest #294

To whom it may concern: Every day of the week has a beginning, a middle, and a future. Who knows about tomorrow. She doesn’t remember yesterday. Kind of. But not, really. She sure doesn’t remember it the way that anybody that was with her yesterday remembers it. This is a story about Amy. A story only Amy, can tell. Right off the bat she’ll tell you that she has issues. Yes. I said it. And I know it. Issues. I-S-S U-E-SIssues…Fuck.That word. Lol. The, issues. The, reasons. The be-causes. Be-cause…Of Amy. Be-cause of what she normally does. S...

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