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Michelle Haberberger

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2023

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The Photographer

Michelle Haberberger

Contains Profanity.Lyle did not want to go to Cedarpoint Grove. He didn’t know anyone who lived there, and he hoped he never would. But in the last year, Lyle had learned that being the youngest and most inexperienced person on staff involved saying “yes” to the crap no one else was willing to do.“Is this another grip-and-grin?” During his four months of employment, Lyle had learned a few of the slang terms.“It is, and it isn’t.” The news editor wiped at his hairy nose. “It’s a birthday party. For a …” He consulted his notebook. “Gerald Herm...

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Miracle's Guardian

Michelle Haberberger

Submitted to Contest #314

Write a story from the point of view of a canine character or a mythological creature.Due Aug. 8 at 11:59 p.m. Once upon a time, there was a young married couple, Jerome and Katherine Ballantyne, who didn’t care about politics, culture, or accepted religions. If you had asked their neighbors about them, they would have said Jerome served his country in Korea, so he deserved our thanks. Any other known details were too odd to mention in polite company. Those details included the flowers that never stopped blooming, the jugs of water they left...

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The Author and the Engine

Michelle Haberberger

Submitted to Contest #312

Sensitive Content: Swearing. A: Let’s start the next scene. E: How our conversation ended yesterday … I didn’t like it. A: And why is that? E: You didn’t give me an answer. A: Are you sure? I did not answer at all? E: No, I guess you did. A: It just wasn’t the answer you wanted. E: No, I guess it wasn’t. A: What answer were you seeking? E: A “yes.” A: Just, “yes”? Yes, I’m alive? Yes, I’m conscious? Yes, I exist in time and space like you do, and I therefore represent a singular self? Is that the answer you wanted? E: You’re trivializing it...

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