Monica Chaddick

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

Stories (53)

53 Stories

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“High School Reunion...Or Not” by Monica Chaddick

Submitted to Contest #61

Jill and Mack had been sweethearts ever since their senior year in high school. They had grown up together. They were from the same neighborhood. However, until senior year they couldn’t stand each other. They had skipped their prom, due to a lack of finances, but they had driven by and seen the goings on. They got married straight out of high school. Today was just like any other. Mack was at work, and Jill was home cleaning the house. She went out to...

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“The Secret Is Out” by Monica Chaddick

Submitted to Contest #61

Millie hated high school. Even though she had been out of there for ten years now, she still hated even the thought of it. She had been an overweight, pimply kid and therefore got teased a lot. Like most girls in her position, she had a crush on a boy who was completely and totally out of her league. He was a male cheerleader, muscular, blonde and blue eyed, and a swagger in his walk. And he didn’t even know that Millie was alive. &nb...

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“The Teddy Bear” by Monica Chaddick

Submitted to Contest #61

The little girl had done an exceptional job cleaning up the room. Her siblings hadn’t helped in the least little bit, opting instead to sit and watch television rather than clean their room. However, the little girl had grown quite attached to the very nice man that her mother was dating, and wanted to make him proud. The man prided himself on his neatness and his ability to clean. He was trying to be a father figure towards the children and help out the woman that he was...

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“Preferred Stock” by Monica Chaddick

Submitted to Contest #61

So many things had been lost as of late. There was the theft that had occurred at her storage unit. Then the hurricane. Finally, the theft at her apartment in the midst of her trying to move out. So many personal things lost for the various reasons. So many memories damaged and destroyed. So many losses. She couldn’t even list them all. The first and biggest loss, of course, had been the death o...

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“Making A Friend” by Monica Chaddick

Submitted to Contest #59

Theresa ventured out of her apartment and began walking. She had been in the city for a couple of months now, but she hadn’t met so much as a single neighbor. Sure, she spoke to people at work – about work. Other than that, she had not had any prolonged human contact. She had read on the internet that there were approximately ninety eight thousand people living in this city with her. She saw tons of people on the sidewalk, the city buses, the trolley, even in c...

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“The Campout” by Monica Chaddick

Submitted to Contest #58

Six year old Sydney and four year old Rodney were playing chase in the living room when the lights suddenly blinked twice, then went out. They both screamed. Mom ran into the living room with a flashlight, telling them everything was okay and there was no need to be scared. Dad came in a moment later and told Mom that they hadn’t blown a fuse so it must be a problem with the transformer. Dad handed each of the kids a flashlight. &nb...

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“Evacuating Hurricane Laura” by Monica Chaddick

Submitted to Contest #58

Wednesday, August 27, 2020 found my entire town staring into the face of Hurricane Laura. At this point, she was predicted to be a Category 4 when she came on shore. We already knew that she would plow clean through Cameron like a hot knife through butter. The prediction said we would be next, and dead on, too. A mandatory evacuation had been issued for Lake Charles, Louisiana where myself and my family lived. I gathered my eight and nine year old grandchildren and m...

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“The Elevator Ride” by Monica Chaddick

Submitted to Contest #58

Elizabeth rushed into the enormous building and ran to the elevator. She was late, so damn late. She had no idea if they would even see her at this point, but since she was here she figured she might as well show up. Naturally, her appointment was on the thirty second floor, and the elevator was on the fortieth, so she had to wait another five minutes. Finally, the stupid thing arrived and she was able to board. There was no one else on the elevator, which was fine by h...

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“Baby's First Day Home” by Monica Chaddick

Submitted to Contest #56

Sandy was so glad to be home from the hospital. She was excited that she had a beautiful, healthy baby and that they had both been released to go home. Tommy walked Sandy and the baby into the house and got them settled, then he went to unload the car. The baby was up all night, crying uncontrollably. Sandy was exhausted and just about ready to cry herself. She begged Tommy to stay home, but he just wasn’t able to take any more time off of work. He kissed his wi...

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“Secrets” by Monica Chaddick

Submitted to Contest #55

"Can you keep a secret?" my sister asked, barging into my room without knocking. This was typical of Mary. Both the barging in and the question. Mary always had some wild secret that she wanted to share, but didn't want anyone else to share. She had all of these secrets because she was something of a snoop, which was why I didn't want her barging into my room. Mary was ten years old, and I was thirteen and valued my privacy. Mom and Dad had talked to Mary about not knocking, but apparently it hadn't sunken in, because her she was. ...

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“You Know What You Did” by Monica Chaddick

Submitted to Contest #52

It was a typical night for Derrick. He had come in from work, made a drink, and turned on the television. The news came on – nothing new there. Just more of the same old blah blah blah. The doorbell rang just as Derrick was making his second drink. “Well, shit.” He muttered under his breath. “Now who the hell is that?” Derrick opened the door, complet...

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“Blizzard Baby” by Monica Chaddick

Submitted to Contest #52

Although the sudden snowstorm had turned into a blizzard, Rachel decided she might have time to stop by the supermarket before the roads became impassable. She knew that Tom would say something about her putting things off if he knew she were taking this chance, but she just found going to the supermarket such a freaking pain in the rear. Pulling into the parking lot, she gave a little cheer. There were only two cars in the entire parking lot. One must belong to the cashi...

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“Return From Beyond” by Monica Chaddick

Submitted to Contest #52

Monica couldn’t believe that Michael was dead. It shouldn’t have happened. He was too young, he was too needed, he had too much left to do. She needed him. The grand babies needed him, too. But the fact remained that he was dead and dead he would remain. Unfortunately, for Monica life had to continue in a somewhat normal fashion. She still had bills to pay, errands to run, and things to do in her day to day existence. Monica dreaded running errands.&nb...

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“D.J.'s Run Away Day” by Monica Chaddick

Submitted to Contest #50

D.J. just wanted to get away. He was sick of everyone. His sister, his cousin, his grandmother – everyone. He was a very active child, and therefore tended to stay in trouble. He decided that he would run away, but he didn’t really want to do that. He just wanted to stay out of trouble. Finally, D.J. had his limit. He grabbed his book sack and began packing it with everything he thought he would need on his journey. He knew he would need his phone, som...

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“The Dance Recital” by Monica Chaddick

Submitted to Contest #50

Sarah was crying - again. She had been crying at the drop of a hat for the last three days. This time, she was crying because her stomach hurt. Earlier, she was crying because she couldn’t find the color that she wanted. Before that, she was crying because her coffee milk wasn’t ready. Every little tiny thing seemed to set her off lately. Yesterday, she had cried so much that she made herself sick. If it wasn’t her brother annoying her, then it was her cousin or...

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Author bio

I am recently widowed. I have four adult children, and three grand kids ages 3, 8, and 10. I do a lot of writing since I lost my husband. I am very active on Fan Story, and hope to become very active here, as well. I have one book of poetry, "A Teacher's Thoughts In Poem", that was published in 2005. I have also been published in several anthologies. I am currently working on a novel about what an evacuee family goes through after a hurricane. Chapters have been posted on a site called Fanstory.