Rodd Dana

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2021

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“ Cat Tale” by Rodd Dana

Submitted to Contest #146

A Cat TaleThe tense looking group of men looked up as ‘Doc’ Redding entered the hospital’s waiting area.John Beck, their Safety Manager, his sixth cup of coffee splashing onto his pants as he jumped to his feet, demanded, “So? What’s the verdict?”“Catch your breath, John. Looks like we’ve had a miracle.”“Ya’ mean he’s gonna make it?”“By all rights your man should be dead. That twelve thousand volts melted the steel of his safety boot but didn’t even singe his big toe.”They all turned hearing a loud voice, shouting, “Doc, we just heard! The h...

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“Serendipity 'alla Romana'” by Rodd Dana

Submitted to Contest #135

Serendipity ‘alla Romana’ Walking down Via Condotti, the odd feeling I had experienced all through the previous photo-shoot at the Excelsior Hotel, lingered with relentless insistence. It felt like being reminded of an appointment I should keep. Arriving at Via Sistina, close to my apartment in Piazza de Spagne, I turned right, finding myself oddly propelled into a familiar neighborhood ‘piano bar’. Halfway down the length of the elegantly carved Venetian Tabarrok Mahogany bar, I heard, “Ciao, Marco.” “Ciao, Mimo,” I mumbled to the smiling...

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“Serendipity” by Rodd Dana

Submitted to Contest #134

Serendipity Michael McAllister ran in trying to catch a breath, announcing triumphantly, “I did it, Sully! Check your screen. My Garmin 530 reads, 4.59.09. That’s under five minutes,” greedily grabbing another breath. “I said I’d do it! You owe me fifty bucks. The man behind the counter scowled at his screen, saying. “I don’t believe it! Close to five minutes in ‘cross-town-traffic is the record for a nut-case who’s dead now. But you imibicile, doing it is less than five is not only impossible, but insane!’ “Well, I did it! Your computer...

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“"God? Anybody there?"” by Rodd Dana

Submitted to Contest #132

“God? Anybody there?” It was one of those days in which all the negative, depressing crap that could be imagined had smashed into his reality. He was again turned down for employment, due to over or under-qualification, or due to the fact that he refused to be a guinea pig for the recently mandated vaccination program. His job as a grade-one lab researcher for a chemical company had been terminated five months before, due to the recent world-wide plague. The lab’s required shutdown was said to be ‘indefinite’ with any future employment...

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