Michael Gleason

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

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“You Never Know What Someone Is Going Through” by Michael Gleason

Submitted to Contest #105

It's a well-known adage that “You never know what someone is going through”, usually used to encourage people to be kind to everyone. It's not a bad cliché, but it's not completely accurate either, as I can attest to. I'm not always the nicest person, and I admit that freely and openly, but I've taken strides to become nicer, although not for a totally altruistic reason. You see, I've been afflicted with a strange curse, after a stressful interaction with an old woman whose slow walking was making it so that I missed out on getting the clo...

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“Date Night” by Michael Gleason

Submitted to Contest #104

“Are you coming tonight?” I looked up from my computer to see the smiling face of my coworker, Erin, looking down at me. “Coming to what?” I asked. “We're all going out to karaoke tonight, me, Carlos from accounting, Andrea from reception, Steve from marketing, you know, the Gang!” Erin replied. “The Gang” was the nickname that Erin had given the group of single work-friends from our office that occasionally go out to bars together and try to pick up dates. The group used to be much larger, but it dwindled the more success the indi...

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Just an aspiring writer looking for ideas