Mishka Stennett

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2019

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“The Eviction” by Mishka Stennett

Submitted to Contest #247

“I know it was your dog!” His voice rose on every word. Mr. Gallagher was accosting Rory in the second-floor stairwell of their apartment building. The elevator stopped working long before Rory moved into an apartment there and she never had any choice but to take the stairs to access her apartment. She mentally steeled herself for his verbal assault. “I keep telling you, Mr. Gallagher, it wasn’t him. He’s housebroken, always has been- “The slight quiver in her voice betrayed her. “But you’re the only one that lives he...

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“Red Wine” by Mishka Stennett

Submitted to Contest #72

The divorce was final…finally. It had taken a year and a half of waiting including one year of separation and another 6 months of waiting for the paperwork. But the ink was dry and I was free. Ten years ago I would never have considered this outcome. We had been a couple of 30 year olds, happy and in love. We had met at a party for a mutual friend and hit it off instantly. We had met up every day since then and drank red wine and chatted. We talked for hours each night, sometimes until the following morning. And laughed, hard, sometimes clut...

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“Un-Love Potion” by Mishka Stennett

Submitted to Contest #42

I was hurrying to make my appointment on time- this doctor was in high demand with interested patients, and losing the appointment potentially meant waiting months for a new one. The thought of waiting for a new appointment gave me so much anxiety that I pressed the gas pedal on my tiny hatchback to encourage it to go faster.He promised something I had been dreaming of for some time now; and if he indeed delivered on what he had promised I was sure that I could finally be happy.I parked in an available space in the parking lot of the d...

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“Off beat” by Mishka Stennett

Submitted to Contest #38

“Darnit!” I exclaimed, exasperated…I just couldn’t get the notes right.I had been practising for hours on my newly bought guitar and hadn’t mastered the song “Minuet” yet. Was it me or the new guitar I wondered? For me playing a new instrument was like learning to play one for the first time. Your hands and fingers had to introduce themselves to the instrument, you had to learn all of the intricacies of its construction, adjust your movements to the “new-ness” of it. Discover what was special about it, and be comforted by what has staye...

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“The Money Tree” by Mishka Stennett

Submitted to Contest #31

This could never be what I have heard about, I told myself, staring at it in disbelief...and yet here it was in my garden…a real money tree. I was tending to my garden when I spied it. Weeks of intermittent rain had stopped me from doing my usual weeding and shrub pruning. Today was the first truly sunny day and I had been excited to see what the rains had brought, apart from weeds of course.It was adjacent to the fence of my property; short and slim but completely recognizable by the one dollar bills hanging from greenish-brown soft branche...

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Author bio

I'm a veterinarian who loves to write...