Randy Koester

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2023

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“A Day in the Life, of a Beetle” by Randy Koester

Submitted to Contest #227

The migrant maiden was stirred to life by the avalanche of pumpkin spiced air spilling out the coffee shop’s open back door. Her dullened mind was shaken into clarity by the consecutive quakes from one plastic bag after another being flung by a disinterested barista into her dumpster. Unfolding her wings and stretching them wide, the hopeless beetle elected to abandon that frosty trash in search of one last meaningful day. She chose the name Randi, which she had gotten from a used sedici-size cup that did not make its way into the garbage. ...

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“Friends in High Places” by Randy Koester

Submitted to Contest #222

Reedsy Weekly Prompts Competition #222   Show Me the Way Prompt: Guidance in an Unlikely Place Friends in High Places By Randall Koester            The old man pressed the red ‘down’ button while looking at the rigging, not the girl. “The first thing you need to know is that we are not window washers. We are ‘high-rise window cleaning technicians.’”            “Whatever.” Mac said, standing stiffly on the floating...

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