Marina Datthyn

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020

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“Frank and Katie: A Comedy of Errors” by Marina Datthyn

Submitted to Contest #55

Her:       It was 4:30, and Katie should have been starting dinner. Instead, she was painting her toenails and talking on the phone to her sister, complaining, again, about Frank.                “Honestly, Lucy, can you keep a secret?”                Her sister laughed. “Who am I going to tell?”            &nbs...

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“A Lake Carries Her” by Marina Datthyn

Submitted to Contest #53

Zuzu Miller, like her mother before her, was a crier. They cried during Casablanca. They cried during Hallmark movies. They cried during particular stories on the Sunday Morning show. They cried when they sang “The Old Rugged Cross” on Good Friday. They even cried during certain commercials. Zuzu’s biggest love/ hate was the Olive Fingers commercial. A little orphan boy with olives for fingertips was passed over by every prospective set of parents who came to the orphanage- until the rainy night he looked out the window to see a car pull up,...

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“Oh, Joy” by Marina Datthyn

Submitted to Contest #52

        I should be home right now. Not in this STUPID supermarket. How does a 35 year old woman run out of pads, anyway? More importantly, why do I still feel the need to buy…SOMETHING- ANYTHING- else…so the teenage boy at the register doesn’t think I just came in for pads? Major face palm. At least there’s no one else around tonight to witness my ridiculous embarrassment. Well, of course there isn’t. It’s January in upstate New York and there’s a weather advisory for the actual blizzard happening out...

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