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Marilee Ryan

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

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Garden Gnomes

Marilee Ryan

Submitted to Contest #87

I tried to keep up with all that needed doing here on the farm, but the garden was tangled with weeds, the ground was hard and parched and the trellises needed attention. I’m happy to have taken ownership to this place, but right now it seems all my parents left me was the work of three people. Naturally the animals always take first priority. If the chickens don’t get fed, they chase me around and squawk at me until I do. The goats charge me in the knees or bleat until they get their way. The crops are quiet, so I may have neglected them so...

14 likes

Take the Exit

Marilee Ryan

Submitted to Contest #76

Take the next exit. I need a piss and a sandwich. Yeah. Ok. Hold on cuz the next exit isn’t for thirty miles. You’re shittin me right? I would never shit you Sully. Pull over. I can just take a piss on the side of the road. This is a turnpike. You can’t just pull over to piss on a turnpike Sully. Use the right lane. I’ll go fast. That’s an emergency only lane. Jenny, pull the car over now or I will piss on the floor. If I get arrested, I’m pinning it on you. You won’t get arrested Jenny. But if you get a ticket, I’ll pay it. Now stop t...

8 likes

Truck Stop

Marilee Ryan

Submitted to Contest #70

My friggin boss, Martin, made me stay late when I was shooting to sneak out at lunch. If you google the word “asshole,” his picture comes up. I was supposed to be at the festival grounds by now. At least I packed my camping gear last night. If I miss the figgin Wandering Knights because of this, Martin is gonna be in hot shit. I pulled out my tote and changed into some cargo shorts and a tank in the underground parking lot, in my front seat. I texted my friend Tamela that my boss was a dick, set my GPS, and hit the highway. Ten minute...

7 likes

Janet and Miguel

Marilee Ryan

Submitted to Contest #66

After the accident, naturally things had to change. Janet said goodbye to Nathan, her husband of 27 years, at Barksdale Funeral Home in Milford. Janet survived but barely and most days she wished she hadn’t. They gave her therapy for her survivor’s guilt and grief as well as her injuries. She longed to return to the home she treasured, so she stopped telling them she wished she hadn’t survived. When Kacey, her social worker, brought her back home, she had no choice but to face the fallen remnants, Nathan’s scent ling...

12 likes

Jack and Jill

Marilee Ryan

Submitted to Contest #65

Jack was in sixth grade this year. He lived next door to Jill, who was in the fifth grade. When they were barely beyond infants, they became best buddies for life. They made plans to get married and have two boys and a girl when they graduated high school. They were such best friends, they didn’t care much about making friends with the other kids at school. Their parents didn’t make much of it, although they probably should have. They had the attitude, don’t fix it if it isn’t broken. Jack and Jill w...

13 likes