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Mad Bennett

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2023

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Highway Robbery

Submitted to Contest #188

It’s not a good deal unless it feels like you’re pulling off a scam. Ash had driven off the lot in her new truck like a thief, glowing with pride tempered by only the weakest press of guilt.  She’d never set out to take advantage of anybody, but it’s survival of the fittest. Don’t go selling a truck before you know its worth.  She’d found her victim hosting an estate sale. Ash was no antiquer, and she didn’t go hunting for hoity-toity clothes sold at a song on account of their owner’s unexpected demise, but she liked an adventu...

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Cats and Pigs

Submitted to Contest #187

The worst part about working for the city is that I know exactly where taxpayer money is going. Ticketing Doordashers while they’re inside a chain Chinese place waiting for the egg rolls some college student ordered to come up. Following 20-somethings into a garage at night to let them know they’ve got a running light out. Asking drifters if they’re planning on sleeping under the bridge again or if they’ve scrounged up $1,200 for an apartment deposit since last night. It turns you into your dad in the most insidious way.  That’s all I’...

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