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Rhonda Everett

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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The Big Arrival

Submitted to Contest #49

“Daddy, can I have a drink of water?” I looked up at my father. He looked both anxious and excited. We had been waiting months for this moment. He looked down at me. His eyes trying to focus. I was so sleepy I could barely stay awake. I was so excited the night before. Before I entered the third grade, my life would change forever. It was a sticky hot summer, and I spent much of my summer outside running through sprinklers. But it was cold in this sterile white room. A few pictures hung on the walls. Their designs of pleasant flowers and lig...

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The Myth of Gina

Submitted to Contest #48

Gina Baker pushed her light curly strawberry blonde hair back behind her right ear and sipped her coffee in the bleak sunlight that seeped through the faded kitchen curtains. “Meow” Purr… She felt a cold wet nudge at her ankle. She picked up a small little tabby cat, whom she named Trixie. She held Trixie in her lap petting her softly as she sipped her now warm coffee. After morning coffee, she would feed Trixie, then be off to the library to study the latest batch of antiquities. Gina was a 26 year old bombshell. She was absolu...

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Becoming Unmentionable

Submitted to Contest #47

"Just say it," you silently reminded yourself. You knew you'd regret it if you didn't. He turned to walk away. You could feel the energy deplete from your body slowly as his hand slipped away. You had never met him before as far as you knew, but his touch was so magical and electrifying, and yet it was as if you had felt it before this moment. He was tall, dark and mysterious and gave you an immense feeling of danger and excitement all balled up into one. The moment was so perfect like you had once experienced it in a far away dream. From o...

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