Peggy Spencer

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2019

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“Tropical Cures” by Peggy Spencer

Submitted to Contest #83

Tropical Cures Wheels touched down on the black tarmac, shimmering in the tropical sun. Sally breathed a sigh of relief. She hated flying. Images of planes and people falling from the sky kept her from sleeping the entire flight. Sally had planned for this trip of a lifetime. She’d saved every cent from her mediocre server job to feel the humid sun on her skin. The plane jolted to a stop and Sally gripped her bag so hard; it threatened to cut her fingers in half. The woman next to her smiled kindly and stood to get her items from the overh...

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“Androides Vitae” by Peggy Spencer

Submitted to Contest #82

Following in the footsteps of my ancestors. A frequent strange saying my human friends said. They'd once explained it to me as, “Des, the people that came before us are people we want to be like. We share blood with them.” How could something dead share the life force of blood with something living? They didn't elaborate. My name is Androides, but the humans called me Des. It sounded 'more human', according to them. I have no memory of how I came to be here, one day I woke up and unfamiliar human faces peered at me. I knew my name, and that...

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