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Nataleigh Sandberg

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020

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Taste of Heaven

Nataleigh Sandberg

My mom drops me off further downtown and drives away so she can go shopping at a new department store. I'm left standing on the sidewalk, unsure of what to do or where to go.This downtown area isn't the nicest downtown area. There's graffiti on some of the older buildings, trash on the streets, and leftover drinks sitting in shop windowsills. I start to walk down the street, bracing myself for an hour of boredom.I turn at the corner of the street, moving from Golden Tavern Avenue to Mulberry Drive. I pass the old sewing shop and toy store. T...

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Brilliant Minds

Nataleigh Sandberg

The Hall's were always a very bright bunch. Danielle and Kurt Hall had given birth to five girls over the span of seven years, who now were between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one, and were referred to as "The Hall Sisters." Ashlynn, nicknamed 'Ash,' was the oldest at twenty-one. She had auburn hair and brown eyes. Rae was nineteen and had a scholarship to Brown University. Marsha was eighteen and had beaten the all-time girls 400-meter sprint time at their school. Kennedy, "Ken" for short, was sixteen, and had light brown hair and loved...

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Down the Rabbit Hole

Nataleigh Sandberg

It's white with a red bow.I look down at it on my doorstep, with the postage stamp that you get on the boxes you order from Target, except this box isn't from Target. I didn't order anything. Besides, nothing from Target would be wrapped up this nicely.The package and I have a staring contest. My neck starts to hurt as I continue to stare down at the crumpled paper package, addressed to me, with no return address.I didn't order anything.Yet here something is.Curiouser and curiouser.I give in. I lean down to pick up the package, feeling it al...

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Runaway

Nataleigh Sandberg

Submitted to Contest #95

I tilt my head as I stare in the candy store window. Should I get the chocolate bar or the colorful gummy bears?Decisions, decisions.I press my nose against the cold glass and narrow my eyes as I take a closer look at the contents behind the window.I have never tasted the chocolate bar before, so it is tempting to purchase that one. But it is a pound more expensive than the gummy bears, and I do rather enjoy the delightful chew that comes with snacking on a gummy bear.I peer into my small sack of money. I grab two coins and finger them in my...

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You Can Only Go Through One

Nataleigh Sandberg

Submitted to Contest #95

The first one is red. A shiny red, like a ruby, not a dull, dark red. It's flat- no lumps, no windows, no dents. Perfectly perfect. It's too perfect to even be real.The second one is a bright green, but not appealing in any way. Its paint is peeling, and the green gives off such a strong light it almost blinds me. It's neon. Not very inviting. And yet it seems like the one I should pick simply because of that reason.I stand between the doors, my eyes darting from red to green and back to red. It's like it's Christmastime all over again.Which...

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Twisted Lives

Nataleigh Sandberg

Submitted to Contest #92

Kaine walked out of her car, slamming the car door and locking it. She bit back a few words burning on her tongue as her younger brother greeted her at the door. "Sup, sis," Noah said, dragging his hand through his dark wavy hair. "Sheesh, what's bugging you today?" "Nothing's bugging me," Kaine said simply, sidestepping Noah and entering the house. "Uh huh. Riigghht. Sure." Noah rolled his eyes and closed the door behind her. "Will you just shut it?" Kaine barked, annoyed, as she set her purse down on the island. Noah followed her into the ...

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Canyon

Nataleigh Sandberg

Submitted to Contest #89

Tony kissed his sister-in-law on the cheek. "Good to see you, Sam," he muttered. "Same to you, Tony. Be good to yourself," Sam whispered. She leaned back out of their hug and hastily ran her fingers through her long brown hair. She pursed her lips and looked at the house behind Tony, observing it for the last time. She and her husband, Dan, would be moving out of Chicago and to London, her hometown. They wouldn't see Tony and his family again for probably at least a year. Sam turned to Dan, who had just finished saying goodbye to Tony'...

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The Modern Day Red Riding Hood

Nataleigh Sandberg

Janet tapped her pencil against the desk, watching small parts if the eraser flick off as the pencil continuously hit the edge of the desk.Tap. Tap. Tap."Janet?"She glanced up and her eyes met a blond man with silvery eyes and sharp cheekbones outlining his handsome features.Tap, tap, tap."Uh huh?""They want you out onstage in 5 minutes.""Uh huh."Tap, tap, tap."Janet..."Taptaptap."Yes?""You don't seem very"-TAPTAPTAP- "Will you please put the pencil down?!"Janet sighed, gave the desk one last tap, and tossed the pencil onto her desk, watchin...

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The World Above

Nataleigh Sandberg

Submitted to Contest #84

For someone who has never taken a breath of fresh air, my sister is very upbeat. But she doesn't even know. She doesn't even know that there's something besides this life. Something other than the musty air that we breathe from below the surface. I wasn't supposed to know either. But I found out. I don't know why anyone found that a surprise. I was bound too. I always wondered how those worlds described in the books I constantly devoured were created. I had always thought Wow, these writers really have imagination. But the whole time the tru...

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The Universal Balance of Justice

Nataleigh Sandberg

Submitted to Contest #83

The surface of the clear water was still, but for only a moment. Suddenly, the surface exploded, sending water flying as a woman emerged from the shallow depths of the Caribbean Ocean. Jacky tossed off her snorkel, and gasped for breath. letting the fresh, cool air fill her lungs and swirl around in her body, as if bringing life back into it. After a few moments Jacky flopped back into the water, sinking barely a foot before she hit the bottom. She relaxed against the soft sand, and observed a small tropical fish swim around for just a momen...

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Reindeer Farm

Nataleigh Sandberg

Submitted to Contest #78

When I was young, I used to have a dolphin as a pet.Well, not a pet, really, but he could have been one if I kept him at home.Fins was one of my best friends from first grade to sixth grade. He was a cute, blue dolphin that loved doing flips. I would visit him at the zoo every day after school.My mom was a zoologist, and she took care of the gorillas. But I didn't really care for the big apes. I was fascinated by the dolphins.Mom's friend, Jan, ran the dolphin habitat. She'd let me feed Fins and Tory and Beater at feeding time.Beater was a f...

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Snow Fall or No Snow At All

Nataleigh Sandberg

Submitted to Contest #77

"And today it's going to be a lower temperature than usual, at a whoppin' 51 degrees! Bundle up folks! Ha! Just kidding, everyone, but be on the look out for some colder winds today. We're going to move on to John Locus-Smith, who'll tell us about the flocks to all the beaches this 2018 summer! Happy July, folks! What's up, John?" CLICK. "Who turned that junk on in the first place?" Kelsie asked, the remote in her hand as the TV screen went blank. "I think Margaret was trying to get to the cartoons, but then she got distracted and left the T...

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Charges for a Robin

Nataleigh Sandberg

Submitted to Contest #73

Interview with Guilty Party 2007914- Kelly Walters Lawyer John Grant's dialogue is excluded in this report. I was gifted a Robin for the holidays. Robin is a nice guy that my sister introduced to me at Christmastime. He's a guy she went to college with or whatever, I don't really know. No one ever gives me the details. Anyways, he's a good guy, really. Never goes wrong. I've had 5 dates with him and they've gone well. I- what? Oh. You want to know about the robin? So not Robin? You want to know about Bernie Hungarian the Third? That robin?...

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NYC Apartment Mail

Nataleigh Sandberg

Submitted to Contest #72

"Mail!" Polly Harold called as she entered the small apartment. Her cheeks were pink, and her golden blond hair was dotted with snowflakes. Polly turned around and locked the door behind her, before walking into the kitchen."Mail," she repeated, tossing the envelopes onto the island. A girl in her mid-twenties, around Polly's age, peered up from behind the refrigerator door."Anything interesting?" the girl asked, closing the fridge door and taking a bite out of an apple."Nope. You got some letters... and.. oh, here's the gas bill."Polly orde...

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The Cookie Exchange Police Department

Nataleigh Sandberg

Submitted to Contest #71

Sergeant Jack Washburn was a sergeant in the police department of Tekhood, Minnisota. He was a strict yet kind gentleman, recently married to his wife, Lilliane. Lilliane was exactly like her husband, except on the softer side. She had a soothing, soft voice, a big heart, and was too kind to be a human. She was more like a god.It had been a few days since the return from his honeymoon when Jack Washburn received a call from the Saint Paul Police Department. Saint Paul was about 50 miles away from Tekhood, and Jack saw no reason why they...

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