Meggy House

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2020

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“Cracked Glass: Cracked Cases Part 5” by Meggy House

           “I am not a murderer!” Richard shrieked.           Oh, come on Richard, Abigail thought, get more creative. Every prospective murderer says that.                      If he wanted to show that he had nothing to hide he should have crossed him arms and directly challenged the proclamation. “What makes me a murderer?...

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“Cracked Names: Cracked Cases Part 4” by Meggy House

           Blood-red lights flashed like the pulsing of a heartbeat whilst sirens blared. Abigail and Alma stood in the center of it all, the former brandishing a candlestick, the latter a hidden knife, and both looking extremely suspicious.           Abigail was the first to recover from the surprise and she lurched forwards towards the awoken family, mousy man standing in front.         ...

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“Sherwood Affairs: Part 2” by Meggy House

           “Emmaline, we aren’t going to be able to find anything. School’s ended,” a ninth-grade Geraldine complained.           “Sure, but I’m not going to compromise my morals-“ Emmaline argued back, her feet squeaking on the spotty-tiled, linoleum floors that were probably waxed a decade ago but still very shiny.           “We’re literally stalking our vice principal!” Gerald...

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“Cracked Directions: Cracked Cases Part 3” by Meggy House

Author's Note: This is not my most interesting story (it's mostly exposition) but Part 4 is coming soon!            “By the time I stepped outside, the leaves were on fire,” Alma repeated. “By the time I went back in, the…oh, couldn’t you move, mister?”           One minor problem with traveling with Alma, Abigail realized, was that she read everything she could—which wasn’t an entirely bad trait in itself—and then narrated all she h...

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“Cracked Lives: Cracked Cases Part 2” by Meggy House

Author's Note: This story is a sequel to my other piece "Cracked Cases" (which, fun fact, was never intended to be a sequel but I ended up liking the characters enough to add on to their story). I can't actually tell you what to do but I would highly recommend that you read that one first, because this one won't make much sense without it.         “Abigail!” Alma cried. “Abigail, please, what did my parents ever do to you?”        “Absolutely nothing,” Abigail re...

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“One Plus One Equals Three” by Meggy House

           Right now you’re sitting down. I mean, you might be standing up, but I highly doubt it, because you’re reading this on a computer and I haven’t met many people who read things on computers standing up. You’re probably reading this on a laptop or desktop computer because this is a website where you need to type stories, and it’s hard to type on a tablet or cellphone. So here you are, reading this story on your laptop. Maybe you just submitted your story. Maybe you submitted a s...

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“The Effects of Nature vs. Nurture” by Meggy House

Submitted to Contest #62

Opal Winehouse Research Laboratory-Established in 1962, A Tradition of Excellence-“May true knowledge never defy you.”-Valerie CrossThis is a very official report of paper from an extremely established laboratory—take that, Frederick Langford University (sorry, the lawyer in charge of producing this technical stationary was VERY bored)—to be used purely for research purposes. This report belongs to Amanda Driver and stealing any of the contents is copyright infringement and will be handled as such. Until published, the results of this report...

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“Sherwood Affairs: Part 1” by Meggy House

Submitted to Contest #61

           “Do you remember when Mr. Feldspar had that affair with Ms. Worthington?” Emmaline asked her twin sister Geraldine. Of course their names rhymed, because they were twins, and of course their clothes matched, because they were twins, and of course they kept on repeating that they were such connected twins, because, well, they were twins. They had learned to tone it down because large corporations don’t exactly appreciate their employees coming in as carbon-copies of each other—...

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“Witness Testimonies” by Meggy House

Submitted to Contest #61

           Where there’s a will, there’s a bunch of jealous relatives all vying for said will. Opal had read that in a History textbook when she was 12. Or maybe it was a parody textbook, considering how the whole book just made fun of the Medieval Kings of England. Either way, it was right! Here Opal sat, in court—if it could even be called that, considering that there was no formal process or organization at all—with every other adult "witness" from the Norwalk Street block, all recoun...

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“The True Princess (And the Dragon's Lair)” by Meggy House

Submitted to Contest #61

          Princess Meredith only had one more challenge before she could truly claim the kingdom. She had to evade the giantest of the dragons and collect the treasure, and then she would give it back to her parents and they would be so wealthy they would be crowned the rightful king and queen and wouldn’t have to work anymore; they would just pay somebody else to do all the governing. Meredith had heard about servants and advisors and other people who did the king and queen’s work for them s...

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“The New Deal, But Wrong” by Meggy House

Submitted to Contest #60

           Adults weren’t lying when they scoffed at the youth for not knowing how to use rotary phones. Mish thought rotary phones were like VHS tapes and individual slide projectors: nostalgic items for her parents and teachers. Yet here she was, in an actual government office, trying to figure out how to dial a rotary phone as two very tall suited men stood intimidatingly over her desk and requested to speak to the person in charge of tax returns.      &n...

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“Can You Fight?” by Meggy House

Submitted to Contest #60

           I tapped a green pen against my teeth as I squinted at the clipboard. “Try-Outs for the New Protagonist” was typed in all-capitals at the top. Next to me the resident Antagonist Sarre, pronounced Sarah but spelled that way because some author somewhere thought creative spellings for normal names made them original, banged her bleached-blond head against the casting-desk.           “What’s wrong, Sarre?” I prodded between m...

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“White Houses” by Meggy House

Submitted to Contest #59

           “Ronnie, I just don’t think I can live here anymore!” Lydia insisted to her dear daughter who so rudely interrupted and asked to only be referred to as “Veronica.”           “Veronica, Mom,” she argued. “Please call me Veronica.”           Ronnie’s sudden passion regarding her name confused Lydia, but she nonetheless pressed on. “The people in this town are so rude! It...

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“Welcome Third Graders!” by Meggy House

Submitted to Contest #59

      Sophie had the extreme urge to scratch her face. Claw at her cheeks, pat her forehead, rub the whole thing, but she wasn’t allowed to. Touching her face would mean that she would be sent home, and she couldn’t be sent home because her parents were at work and there was nobody home to take care of her.           Sophie wriggled in her seat instead. It was plastic, red, and creaky—a screw was probably inching its way out—and tapped one finger against her...

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“Lower-Level, Lower-Stress” by Meggy House

Submitted to Contest #58

           I was standing in one of the office's three stark silver elevators next to a very sweaty man in desperate need of fresh deodorant. Or fresh perfume. Or a fresh wardrobe change. Seriously, who wears a suit with orange checks?           I checked my wrist. Shoot, I had forgotten a watch. I guess I would have to check my cellphone. I patted all around my waistline, then realized that because women’s clothes never have actual ...

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Author bio

Hi everybody! My name is Meggy and I am a high schooler in New Jersey. I love to write and I joined this group for the prompts and the feedback. Right now I'm working on a novel (but am really lacking the self-discipline to finish it) so I take breaks by writing short stories. I really appreciate any comments at all! :) I have two series: -Sherwood Affairs: The Sherwood High School class of 2009 is notorious for witnessing (and gossiping about) an affair between two members of the faculty. When it's time for a 10-year class reunion, they're mostly determined to bring the scandal back. -Cracked Cases: Abigail Hartford is New York City's best detective, but despite what she tells the news, she hasn't solved a single case. My favorite words (I'll post a new one each week): -ordain -blasphemy -Psychology -cornucopia -vote -meander -climate -sweater -debauchery -clandestine -ethereal -enthalpy -holiday My Favorite Books By (U.S.) Grade: -Pre-K-3/3-years-old: Each Peach Pear Plum by Allan and Janet Ahlberg -Pre-K/4-years-old: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey -Kindergarten/5-years-old: Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park -1st Grade/6-years-old: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis -2nd Grade/7-years-old: Ramona Quimby series by Beverly Cleary -3rd Grade/8-years-old: Matilda by Roald Dahl -4th Grade/9-years-old: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein -5th Grade/10-years-old: The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart -6th Grade/11-years-old: Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery -7th Grade/12-years-old: The Giver by Lois Lowry -8th Grade/13-years-old: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott -9th Grade/14-years-old: The Crucible by Arthur Miller -10th Grade/15-years-old: To Be Updated Soon! For the record I intend nothing political with this! These are just books that I liked at different points in my life. I hope you can find something nice to read from it :) I was going to write a list of amazing authors but everybody here is so wonderful, I really can't fit you all! Fun fact: my aunt wanted to name me Anita, but Anita House sounds a bit too close to somebody looking really hard for real estate. I don't know about you but I find that quite funny!