Morgan Douglas

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2019

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“The Last Rain Rider Adventure” by Morgan Douglas

The Carod family were amongst several families that belonged to the biker club Rain Riders. Her family had been a part of this tradition for three generations while other families had been participating for even longer. They would wait for a rainy evening to take a ride together as an event. Rain was pretty sparse in Fanson so it was a treasured occasion. The year that Frankie Carod was finally old enough to take to the...

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“The Inner Secret of Jahu” by Morgan Douglas

What constituted the inner core of Jahu was a mystery to the people who lived on the surface of the planet. There was only one large continent of inhabitable land amongst a vast ocean of dark violet water. Jahu is one of thirty planets making up the Mopah solar system. It was known to the scientists on Jahu what the inner cores of the neighboring planets were because they had sent probes to those other uninhabited worl...

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“False Innocence ” by Morgan Douglas

Human nature is to hide behind good deeds when in fact they may have done something bad before and are atoning for their wrongdoings. Such as someone on the road to redemption after thwarting someone they love. Making up for cheating while in a romantic relationship. Giving money away after being found guilty of financial crimes. There are many other instances whether big or small. Let’s look into a situation of someone...

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“Why can't you hear me?” by Morgan Douglas

How do we truly know that we are dead? There are myths and stories surrounding what happens post-mortem. Whether it be that be one just seizes to exist. Or a religious belief that there is in fact an afterlife that you are sent to when all is said and done with your life. Where we may think that we will be scrutinized for our actions which will, in turn, determine the fate of our eternal souls. Ghosts can be thought of ...

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“The Release of a Sunset” by Morgan Douglas

It had been too long since Tracy had gone outside to truly take in the beauty of the sunset. So, after coaxing herself outside she looked at it as it was setting in the west. In fact, it had been years. During those years spent inside day in and day out, she kept to herself, locked away from all that she was afraid of. Her agoraphobia had set in right after her teenage son was killed while they were walking to the coast....

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“A Forever Closed Door” by Morgan Douglas

Getting kicked out of the house is an unfortunate reality for many young queer people after coming out to their families. Whether it is the fact that their family is religious and does not tolerate homosexuality, or just plain ignorance these are usually the cause. It is an unfair and unjust situation in which parents do not support their child and instead push them away. Neil had known that he was gay for what ...

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“Can the Moon Heal Her?” by Morgan Douglas

She had been through a lot with her newfound illness. A problem that infused her with extreme anxiety. What if it were to happen again? Would she be able to recover or would she be able to handle it? During this time she felt the weight of the world crashing down on her with all its horrible might. Why me? Was a common question she asked herself and the universe, hadn’t she been through enough trauma already. A...

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“The Yes Man ” by Morgan Douglas

There were many times when Herold’s mother told him that he needs to make decisions instead of staying complacent. Hannah tried to teach her son to be more like her than his father. Herold’s father had been a man that never took anything seriously and didn’t think he needed anything to do with his son’s life. Now it wasn’t that Herold was lazy, it was just that he struggled with making clear-cut decisions. His ability to...

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“Compromise for Love” by Morgan Douglas

Growing up children have been exposed to the expectations of being a parent one day. Girls tend to be given dolls to play with and are shown how to play “house.” This leads us to believe that our lives will not be fulfilled if we do not have our own family someday. If you decide that this is not the path for you, then you tend to be subjected to a slew of questions as to why you don’t want to have kids or why are ...

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“No Pets, no Joy” by Morgan Douglas

“That’s the thing about this city, no pets allowed under any circumstances,” explained Janice, the very peppy realtor. “Are you serious? I have never heard of a town that didn’t allow pets in,” replied Harris as he looked over at his wife. “I am unfortunately telling you the truth.” “Well, I wish you would have told us that before we bought the house,” mentioned Willa. “I am sorry, I did...

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“Maybe Tractors Shouldn't be Able to Drive Themselves” by Morgan Douglas

You’ve heard of self-driving cars and remote usage of drones but within the next ten years, a whole new kind of self-driving technology will be on the market. It’s the way of the future, replacing human transit and machinery with technology that can do this itself. An aid to humankind and it would turn out to be a great asset. However, people, just like with self-driving cars are apprehensive of self-driving tractors.

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“Concerts Can Bring People Back Together” by Morgan Douglas

Unfortunately, plenty of marriages end in divorce. Nathan and Alejandra didn’t think they would be one of those. They became acquainted not too long after Alejandra and her family immigrated from Mexico. She enrolled in his high school but it wasn’t until college that they really hit it off. Taking it past casual flirtation to a committed relationship. It seemed like a classic pairing, him a football player for the unive...

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“A Shot at a Date” by Morgan Douglas

Romance was hard to come by for Florence, most of the time her dates didn’t get far past the first one. For three years she had decided to put her heart in a box when it came to dating. She simply thought she wasn’t ready to try again. Instead, she focused on her single life, putting her needs first. Thinking that if she explored her own self that she would figure out what she wanted in her love life when she was willing...

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“Animal Calls, an Unlikely Hobby” by Morgan Douglas

An important event that Kara had hoped to create and host was finally coming to fruition. She had planned out a convention for a hobby that she had explored since she was in middle school. Her classmates and friends thought she was weird and poked fun. Kara didn’t care though, she loved following her passions and thought that the ridicule was not worth worrying about. As she was setting up the decorations in the recreati...

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“Working Towards a Daunting New Year's Resolution” by Morgan Douglas

Every year people make resolutions for the New Year that they plan to carry out but never do. Things that may just be out of their reach or things that get sidelined by other obligations. They say to themselves that next year will be the year that they finally follow through and that tends to be pushed back as time goes on. Whether it be something like losing weight or saving money instead of spending it all. New Year’s...

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Author bio

Just a potential scientist who loves Biology and questions everything about the universe. My book Distorted Purposes has been published! The Paperback available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Distorted-Purposes-Morgan-Douglas/dp/B09G9LSKSB The ebook is available on Apple, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and soon will be on Amazon as well, you can look at my website for further details. https://md7921.wixsite.com/website