Penelope Stephens

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2023

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“TIFFANY AND THE WOMAN IN RED” by Penelope Stephens

Submitted to Contest #237

Tiffany Burke is lonely, desperately lonely, and she doesn’t have a clue how to change that fact. Every time she meets someone interesting – and it happens often – there is some reason, usually the presence of a spouse or significant other or kids, that having a relationship would be impossible with them. Tiffany is convinced it is a running joke God is playing on her putting attractive people in her path, then yanking them away when she becomes interested. She knows she should refuse to play along, but she can’t seem to help herself.H...

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“DEAR OLD DEAD EXCERPT” by Penelope Stephens

Submitted to Contest #221

The voices, or rather the voice, my father's voice, started shortly after he died. We hadn’t spoken since I came out as transgender, and as far as I was concerned, he was already dead. If there was any sense of guilt at not having been reconciled with him, it was quickly dismissed as his fault, not mine. So when he spoke to me, it was quite unexpected, and not entirely welcome. “Surely you're not going out dressed like that?” I heard him say one morning as I was leaving for work. “What’s wrong with a skirt and a T-shirt?” I found my...

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“PROTOCOL” by Penelope Stephens

Submitted to Contest #219

Before her gender transition, Piper Sanderson enjoyed going out to clubs on Friday nights, hearing new bands, meeting new people, but since she came out as trans, she has been afraid to go out, having vague fears in her mind that she will get arrested or shot. But this Friday night in August, she decides to ignore the fear, and go out anyway. She takes a shower, and puts on a black sports bra and black panties, an orange Clemson T-shirt, a short purple skirt that shows off her long, strong legs, and her trademark white linen sport...

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