Olivia Ard

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2022

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“ExpressLane” by Olivia Ard

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #173

It happened on Halloween. It was supposed to be my off day, but I ended up working a double shift because Tim and Nora both called out. They were the latest victims of a nasty stomach bug making the rounds at work, which we'd taken to calling the Panacea Plague.Tim and Nora were pharmacy technicians, so their calling out wouldn't normally affect me, but since the other two techs had just quit, Mike had no choice but to move Zach and Carla from cashier and photo to pharmacy, since they were the only cashiers with active tech licenses. From th...

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Writer, wife, working mother of 2. Enneagram 5w4. Christian mystic. Feminist killjoy. Bread witch. Allergic to MLMs.

Shortlisted 1 story ⭐️

Contest #173
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