My Name

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“An Afternoon Summoning” by My Name

Submitted to Contest #50

“Mom will catch us if we do this at night. We have to do it now while she’s busy with Uncle Julius,” she explained to her brother, Mark.“Jane, there’s a reason why Mom doesn’t want us playing this.” Mark then pointed at the blazing afternoon sun that was shining through the entrance. “And besides, the old lady at the library said that doing this at any other time of day will make it hard to communicate.”“Hard but not impossible,” I said as I hung up the thick tablecloth to block the sunlight. The only thing illuminating the interior of this ...

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“Totally Unexpected” by My Name

Submitted to Contest #49

“Pssst….” Jared called the attention of his seatmate across him while his teacher was in the restroom. “What’s the answer to number 36?” All he needed was one correct answer, and he was sure to pass the test. He was positive about the 49 answers he gave to other questions, but he needed one more correct answer to be at least 50/100 (the new education system made the passing score 50%, thank God). Standardized tests are supposed to be multiple choices, so why did his teacher have to stick away from the norm and make it identification? And o...

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“Habit” by My Name

Submitted to Contest #49

Habits die hard. In the process of trying to end it, whether good or bad, one can't help but continue to do what their body and mind has been hardwired to do. Even if it slowly kills a person inside, a habit is still a habit. In this story, a woman and a girl at the train station had a bad habit of waiting.“Hey, why are you always here? Are you waiting for someone?”The little girl didn’t answer and just stared at Hellen. It was usually like this and that hasn’t changed for the past two weeks that she has been visiting the train station. Not ...

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“Secret Power” by My Name

Submitted to Contest #48

“Can you control fire?” “No.” “Can you breathe underwater?” “No.” “Can you become invisible? Now that’d be cool. You could sneak into a girl’s public bath–“ “Geez! No!” Lester looked at his friend in utter disgust. And he wonders why none of the girls want to hang out with him. “When are you gonna stop asking stupid questions?” “When you tell me what the heck your superpower is!” Tim casually put his arm around Lester as they walked on the way to their favorite fast food restaurant. “Dude, your 16th birthday was last week. It’s b...

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My name is not My Name... or is it?