Maggie T

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020

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“Second Chances” by Maggie T

Submitted to Contest #54

The door simply said: Enter Here, Cassie. So she did. Blindingly bright lights forced her to raise her arm to shield her eyes. It was like being hit by the high beams of an oncoming truck, without the truck. A pulsing cloud of sound accompanied the lights, so loud it sent Cassie backwards searching for the door she’d just entered. But there was none, just a shadowy cavern. Not an empty one, either. A dozen pairs of eyes and soft, insistent whispers pushed her back again. Go, go, you’re on now, Cassie, just go. Cassie wheeled around...

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“The Drone” by Maggie T

Submitted to Contest #53

“There goes another one.”  I only half open my eyes to see Monty’s tan finger pointing at the near-cloudless sky.   “It’s just a plane, Monty,” I wipe sweat from under my baseball cap and adjust myself on the couch, unsticking my legs one at a time from the vinyl. Hotter than Satan’s armpit today, and yesterday, and every day before that for all of July and most of June, too. We’re in a heatwave on top of a drought on top of—well, no need to go into everything. It’s about all anyone ever talks about anymore. “Not just a ...

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