Patricia Green

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

Stories (46)

46 Stories

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“Blissbomb (the dating show you want!)” by Patricia Green

Submitted to Contest #67

“Smile Charlie! You are supposed to at least like me!”“Listen Raelene, remember we are doing this for the money!I’m not really into you, I already have a gorgeous girlfriend!”“Then why didn’t you have her with you?”“Only because she didn’t meet their criteria, otherwise I would have.”“Here they come, hold my hand, and smile, we need this money!” Raelene whispered.Raelene lived in a small town, and worked at a dreary job day in, day out. She wanted a change, perhaps move to a nice warm, coastal town, somewhere. She had been saving to move for...

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“High Stakes.” by Patricia Green

Submitted to Contest #66

“How the hell did this happen?” I yelled to myself in the dark. Another small “blink-and-you-miss” town flew by the window, with just one house to be seen. I tried to blink away the tiredness in my eyes, realising my husband’s life depended on me staying awake. My eyes felt gritty and sore from staring at the road for four hours, and I had a long way to go. As I drove through the night, I thought back to how this had all started. I didn’t have a lot of friends but the ones I did have were very loyal. The girls went shopping together, t...

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“The Apprentice.” by Patricia Green

Submitted to Contest #65

Daniel stood at the window looking out over the busy two-lane highway. “Where the hell am I?” Daniel didn’t recognise anything, but he knew this wasn’t his office building. He couldn’t remember anything since he went to bed to try to ease his headaches. Daniel had been having very bad headaches for the last month or so and he intended to go to see his GP, but had been putting it off, today the headache seemed to have gone. He turned around and started to walk towards the door of the room, but realised he still had his white- rabbit- patt...

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“Black Cats.” by Patricia Green

Submitted to Contest #64

As the sun sank lower into the West, and the last of the warm afternoon rays left my face in a shadow, I felt the cold creeping up my arms. I could just make out the ominous black clouds swirling in the distance, like great ghostly ballet dancers, stretching their claw-like tendrils across the closing of the day. The last of the sun’s rays disappeared into the black oblivion, and the slight breeze suddenly whipped up to strong gusts, pulling at my hair and clothes like bony fingers, as I stood on the porch.  I turned and entered the h...

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“Changing Seasons” by Patricia Green

Submitted to Contest #63

  The beautiful shell-pink sun peeked through the bony branches of the tree, it was sunrise, but being the beginning of autumn the mornings were getting ever colder and crisper, with every day. I ruffled up my feathers to stay warm while waiting for a few sun-rays to reach my roost and thaw me out. I could hear my neighbours also arising from slumber on this cold autumn morning. I had a long trip ahead of me, so I was hoping the day would warm up for my long flight up North. Autumn had arrived with a rush, in the Southern Hemisphere,...

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“The Well.” by Patricia Green

Submitted to Contest #62

“Why are you burying it so deep?” “We want someone to find it in the next fifty years or so, don’t we?” “This empty well will eventually be dug up to build a new estate, so don’t worry, it will be found!” “New estate!” “We are four hundred kilometres from the nearest city!” “And that city has expanded over four-hundred kilometres in the last fifty years, so it will be found!” Lisa and Martin had been friends for twenty years, but Lisa wasn’t happy about where he had decided to bury the time capsule. A month earlier, Lisa was busy corre...

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“Emerald Green memories.” by Patricia Green

Submitted to Contest #61

Susan picked up the soft, emerald-green teddy bear, with the clover on the bottom of it’s feet, which had been her favourite for many years. She cuddled it tight, as she remembered her parents fondly. This teddy had belonged to her Irish Grandmother, who had left it to Susan’s Mother, and it was passed on to her. She was determined it was not going to be thrown in the bin, not while she was still alive! Susan’s daughter had made it clear, she didn’t want any “left-over ancient trash” as she called it. Her daughter was meticulous about what...

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“Finding Home.” by Patricia Green

Submitted to Contest #60

David and Mary quietly sifted through the last of the food items left on the Supermarket shelves. They were not alone. There were several others nearby doing the same thing. At the other end of the store there was a lot of yelling and shots being fired. Mary found a few packets of chips and a can of corn and quickly put them in her rucksack, hoping nobody had seen her. They had already seen an older couple get shot this morning, just because they had a few tins of food. David nodded to her that it was time to get out of there, as it was g...

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“Somewhere/Nowhere.” by Patricia Green

Submitted to Contest #59

  Anne raced down the ramp and onto the train platform, just as the driver blew the whistle. She dived in through the train door as it automatically shut, with seconds to spare. Anne stood there for a few minutes to catch her breath, and waited for her heart to stop thumping. She opened the door to the carriage with her ticket in her hand, and made her way to seat number 13. Anne’s cousin had rang a few days earlier telling her they had moved into a lovely little cottage in a sweet little town called Nowhere. Her cousin Wendy was marr...

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“The Stranger.” by Patricia Green

Submitted to Contest #58

Martha slammed the front door shut, turned and raced out the front gate. It was a bitterly cold morning and she could feel her teeth chattering already, so she needed to keep moving. “Hi Martha, nice morning!” Her neighbour chuckled as he picked up his paper from the ground and hurried back inside, his large black bathrobe pulled tightly around him. “Yeah, great.” Martha thought. Martha walked briskly to the bus-stop shelter on the corner, just as the bus appeared through the gloom.. She thankfully sat down in the heated bus and rubbed her g...

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“Travel Time” by Patricia Green

Submitted to Contest #57

As Lindsay stood in the elevator, she was thinking about the Travel Company she was about to visit, again. The last time she was here, they had promised they would send her on a fantastic holiday, somewhere she had never been before. She had not heard from them for over a month, until today. The Manager had called her early, and asked her to come in, as her holiday was ready. The elevator opened and Lindsay walked out into the offices. Something was wrong, this isn’t where she was supposed to be. “Can I help You?” A pretty young woman with...

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“The Tall Dark Stranger.” by Patricia Green

Submitted to Contest #56

“No!” Shelley yelled into the phone. “I am quite happy, I don’t need a blind date!” Her best friend Beth, was adamant. “Yes you do!” “You told me only yesterday, how you get lonely sometimes!”  “I was exaggerating!” Yelled Shelley. “Too late now.” Said Beth. “I already have a guy lined up, and waiting to meet you!” “What?” “No, you can’t do this to me!” Yelled Shelley. Beth had already hung up. Shelley regretted she had ever let Beth know how she really felt. While Shelley ranted and raved about not needing anyone, her so-calle...

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“The Tattoo” by Patricia Green

Submitted to Contest #55

As the lightening flashed the road ahead lit up like a chandelier, the thunder crashed making Susie jump out of her skin. Susie was on her way to her Sister’s house and no storm was going to stop her getting there. Susie had found out something she needed to talk over with her Sister urgently. She could have phoned, but it seemed too important, to be using the phone, this had to be told to her face. (Ding, ding, ding) The petrol light started flashing at her. “Blast!” she thought. It was about 10kilometres to the next Petrol Station, ...

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“The Runaway.” by Patricia Green

Submitted to Contest #54

Graduation Day was coming up fast. Mary had been looking for the perfect outfit to wear under her robe. David would be there she knew, somewhere up the back, so she wanted to look perfect. Mary and David were High School sweethearts and were quite sure they would always be together. The big day arrived and Mary dressed in her new outfit and ran downstairs for breakfast, so happy she couldn’t wipe the smile from her face. Mary was sitting at the table enjoying her scrambled eggs on toast when her Father burst into the kitchen. Mary’s Fath...

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“The Phone Call” by Patricia Green

Submitted to Contest #53

THE PHONE CALL. “Where is it?” Jane grumbled, as she rifled through her large, untidy handbag. She sat in the car using her left hand to try to find her mobile phone, which was madly ringing. All the time holding onto a popsicle she had bought a few moments before, which was now starting to look like Mount Vesuvius as it ran down her hand. She realised she couldn’t save the popsicle and the phone had stopped ringing, so she opened the car door and dropped the melting mess into the gutter. “Damn!” she said. “I was so looking forward to th...

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Author bio

In am a retired artist and author. I have been writing for 40 years, mainly children's stories and short fiction. I write for several contests as a way of keeping up with my learning. I have never won anything or had anything published, but received a merit award for one of my children's stories.