Ralph Aldrich

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2021

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“Seeing is Believing” by Ralph Aldrich

Submitted to Contest #176

My name is Bill Williams. I’m a thirty-two-year-old store manager for a chain of vision stores called See Clear. Henry Aldrich is my boss and best friend. He is an excellent ophthalmologist and part-time inventor. Henry is a tall, slender man with a large nose, thick glasses, and protruding Adam’s apple. We’ve known each other since grade school, and though many of the other kids thought Henry strange, I have always found Henry fascinating. I married my high school sweetheart, Ellen, and ...

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“"Can You Hear Me Alright?"” by Ralph Aldrich

Submitted to Contest #150

The robocall server is a 1-15 Max server with an algorithm set to call as many people an hour as possible. Thus the server can contact multiple phone numbers at the same time. In addition, the machine uses an artificial voice to ask questions and can transfer contacts to live operators to complete the deal. For example, this month a company has hired a server to entice elderly people to invest in their future through life insurance. Therefore, the insurance company has installed a demographic that includes dense populatio...

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