Marc Hayot

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2019

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“November Chill” by Marc Hayot

Submitted to Contest #49

The two men stood on the overpass on a bright November day. The wind howled around them as they watched police block off the road below. “So,” the first man said with a slight drawl. “Hell, of a morning for a job like this?” The second man tilted his hat up, his brown crew cut peeking out and looked at the craggy face of the first man. “What’d you say?” “I said it’s a hell of a morning to be out here working. You think they could have set this up in the summer or something.” The second man paused for a moment his blue eyes watching the excit...

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“Willow” by Marc Hayot

Submitted to Contest #38

Karen logged onto her computer from her home office and prepared for the day’s work. She received a special project from her boss the day before: clean up the claims for a new hospital that was processing their insurance claims incorrectly. When she opened her email, she noticed she had seventy-five claims that needed to be gone through by the end of the day. With almost ten years of experience processing claims Karen was known as the “Claim Queen” at the company she worked for. As good as she was, she had one handicap that would slow her do...

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“Thicker than Time” by Marc Hayot

Submitted to Contest #37

“Are you sure the test is positive?” George said into his cellphone.“It’s a pretty easy test to read George. Of course, I’m sure,” said his girlfriend Stacy on the other end.“Man, I’m so not ready for this,” he said.“You’re not ready? Hello, who do you think has to carry it for nine months?”“Alright,” George said trying to calm her down. “What do you want to do with it?”“Do with it? It’s a child George, of course I’m going to have it,” Stacy replied. “The question is what are you going to do?”George sat silent on the other end.“Well?” Stacy ...

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Author bio

I am a writer trying to break into the world of fiction. My previous experience has been in the world of journalism. I am presently working on my first novel.