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Pat Gordon

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2022

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Submitted to Contest #264

Hi everyone, I’m Donna. When Lori, I call her Lori, though once we graduated from Hillsburg High, she started calling herself “Lauren,” asked me to be her maid-of-honor, I wasn’t like most girls: quizzing her about colors and dresses, designers, and cuts. I wondered how I was going to capture our unforgettable friendship since 3rd grade in a speech. I didn’t want to bore a room full of people or embarrass anybody. So I made a deal with myself which I’m gonna let you in on. I promise not to do the first if you let me off the hook if I acciden...

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The Luck Of The Draw

Submitted to Contest #178

She wasn’t like the rest of them. The mirror affirmed that her bargain sweater and wrap dress exuded the confidence that a holiday party where she would know almost no one demanded. Sara tightly exhaled. The typical new hire in Artificial Intelligence was in their early 20’s and a good 12 years her junior. They also possessed a resume bulleted with internships and project successes corporations yearned for. But most of them hadn’t worked a decade as a computer science teacher to indifferent 10th graders. If she continued plodding the online...

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