Phillip Marvin

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2020

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“The Sisters Over the Hedge” by Phillip Marvin

Submitted to Contest #102

Over the mile-deep hedges with their squared sides, under the sun as orange as the same-named fruits in our Caribbean market, behind the never-divided white shades, lived two girls from another world, or at least in my young mind, I behaved as if they were. We grew under that rich island sun. The almost oppressive heat with sea salt so thick on warm winds you tasted hints of it with each long breath, though it never did more than tell you it was there in whispers and touches. Most days in those bright rays, my brother and I walked in knee-hi...

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“Dinner with Mom and Dad” by Phillip Marvin

Submitted to Contest #100

The boards squeaked under the weight of his father staggering up the front porch steps. Jordan ran, his six-year-old legs ungracefully bringing him down the hallway to the kitchen. He jumped in his chair, almost bowling over in it as the door unlocked, the screen slamming home like a coffin closing. Jordan kept his head down, the thump-thump of his father's footfalls getting louder, the uneven steps a subtle warning to him. Dad had been drinking. Those dragging feet and his hating violence had scared Jordan's mom so much she had left. Jordan...

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