Phoenix Goldman

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2023

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“My Friend the Broccoli ” by Phoenix Goldman

Submitted to Contest #206

“Come on, Kevin! It’s only a piece of goddamn broccoli!” the middle school cafeteria lady screams. I nod and let out a deep sigh. “Are you crying?” She asks. My head violently shakes as I fight to hold back tears. “Come on, move it!” a classmate shouts from father back in the line. I can barely spot the impatient individual out of the corner of my right eye. They are wearing a red shirt - or maybe it’s blue, then again, who cares? “Kevin, take the broccoli or don’t, I really don’t care. But you need to make a goddamn ...

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“Let it All Out” by Phoenix Goldman

Submitted to Contest #205

Daniel furiously slammed his bedroom door shut before falling face first into bed with defeat. Tears began to form in the ten-year-old’s brown colored eyes, but he immediately batted them away with his Jimmy Hendrix t-shirt sleeve. “Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!” Daniel blurted out while his head violently shook from side to side. The tears were now crashing down his neck like a waterfall. Daniel’s hope had slowly dwindled over the last thirty minutes. He was more than used to waking up several times throughout the night from a repeating graphic nightm...

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