Matt Saunter

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2021

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“The Daze of a Screen” by Matt Saunter

Submitted to Contest #97

He sat, absorbed, in the daze of a screen. It does not matter what was on it. It matters less what should have been on it – a report or a spreadsheet. He sat staring at a screen too brightly lit, his mind empty, and his mood dark. It was nighttime. Time was stubbornly still. The weather was decisively wet. The body was present, the soul was gone. No ring or beep, no notification or interruption, no voice or whisper, could change that. A glance at him would register the projected stable confidence of a pressed suit and ironed tie. A ...

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“At Door’s Stand” by Matt Saunter

Submitted to Contest #95

I was standing in front of two doors. I had to make a decision. My husband was behind me purposefully sipping coffee, no sugar, with the pose of an exasperated soccer coach. He made slurping sounds between mild mumbles. He finally announced, to me and to the other customers and idlers of the do-it-yourself store, that he was giving me another five minutes to decide. “So,” he said, “which one is it going to be, Pat?” You see, we had been robbed. Not of anything special really – a few old coins handed down from eccentric relatives. Th...

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