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McKinsee Abbott

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2024

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Twin Gardens

McKinsee Abbott

Submitted to Contest #287

There once were two young boys, who were identical twins. Their parents died quite suddenly, and the boys were separated, each sent to a different caretaker. The first was sent to a caretaker who served him cake for lunch upon his arrival. The boy found this both delightful and unusual, because he'd never gotten to eat cake for lunch. He soon found out his caretaker would feed him all manner of sweets at every meal, because she wanted the boy to like her, and she didn't want him to complain. The second boy was sent to a caretaker with a gard...

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One True, Good Seed

McKinsee Abbott

Submitted to Contest #286

Once, a kind and hard-working young man met a determined and faith-filled young woman. They thought they’d like to grow a garden together. The two came in possession of a single, small heirloom seed. It was a humble beginning, but trustworthy counselors assured them it was a good seed — the kind whose desirable qualities had been carefully preserved and passed down from one generation to the next. Leading with faith and intuition, they planted their seed and began tending to it. They were new to growing plants and sure to make mistakes, so t...

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The Offspring

McKinsee Abbott

The Offspring It was New Year’s Day. A gray, soggy-sock day. The perfect day to visit Colleen. “On her birthday? Are you sure about this?” my mother asked me, a gentle, pained look on her face. “There’s no better day to reach her. You know what this day has meant to her. Better than anyone, you know! Year after year you’ve been the most celebrated guest at her New Year’s birthday parties. Front and center, for the last 30 years.” “Yes,” she nodded, gazing past me with shiny eyes. “So many wonderful years. Colleen was so sur...

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The Secrets of Darkness

McKinsee Abbott

Submitted to Contest #282

I'm sure it didn't happen all at once, but one day, it grew too dark for me to see. The Darkness had rested upon me like an endless, smothering blanket and try as I did, I could not find my way out from under it.At first, I was writhing, panicked, and desperate. And then I grew tired, resigned, and hopeless. It was in this state that I was still enough to see it: it was very small, not bigger than the head of a pin--yet, easy to see under my pitch-black canopy. Warm, yellow, glowing, it was...was...what?"Light," the speck called out, drawing...

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