Melanie Kreiger

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Undying Love” by Melanie Kreiger

Submitted to Contest #84

Shelley's footsteps announced her arrival. She usually sounded like she was in a bit of a hurry, her spike heels tap-tap-tapping on any hard surface, like the shiny linoleum she traveled over now. You'd almost always hear her before seeing her. So of course Audrey knew, without even having to turn to look, that her daughter had just arrived. “Hi Mom!” Shelley warbled as she sat down hurriedly in the chair closest to her mom. The legs squeaked as the momentum hit and the chair slid a bit closer to the bed. “How are you doing today? I brou...

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“The Duplicitous Gecko” by Melanie Kreiger

Submitted to Contest #83

She was on the second-to-last question on the Made in Heaven dating app when the ad popped up. The thumbnail photo showed aquamarine water and a white sand beach. Her finger hovered, ready to click, no -- tap was what they called it on a phone. She’d never been a techie by any stretch of the imagination, but she got by. How was it that Google always knew what she was thinking, or what she most wanted, even when she didn’t say it out loud? No, surely she couldn’t afford a vacation. Not now. Not with all the uncertainty. She returned her...

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