Rodney Owen

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

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4 Stories

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“Remember Me?” by Rodney Owen

Submitted to Contest #61

I remember high school well; it was the worst time of my life. High school is unkind to smart, high achieving girls, especially if you’re not conventionally beautiful. High school is a cesspit of pretty blonde bimbos with more boobs than brains, muscle-bound jocks whose knuckles drag on the ground when they walk, weird emo kids who wear dark jackets in the summer and stoners so high they don’t even know who they are. For 6 long years, I languished in high school. If I wasn’t being teased, mocked and gossiped about, I was being ignored. That ...

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“After the Virus” by Rodney Owen

Submitted to Contest #60

Amy looked over at the bodies of marauders that lay before her. She had been lucky this time, there were only 3 marauders. She feared for the day that there would be more. Thankfully, that wasn’t today. She quickly searched their pockets and relieved them of their weapons and anything that was useful, lighters, food anything she could use to help her survive. She then dragged the bodies into the bush. They will attract animals into the area that she can hunt. The sky was turning a pinky-orangy hue. It would be dark soon and far to dangerous ...

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“The Call of the Jungle” by Rodney Owen

Submitted to Contest #59

Guowang looked out of his enclosure at the sea of faces that had come to gawk and stare. To them, he was beautiful and majestic; one of only a few hundred Sumatran tigers left in the world. To Guowang he was a shadow of his former self. The enclosure was only a few hundred square feet and looked somewhat like a jungle. Grass covered the hard cement ground and there some trees; the species of which were not actually found in Asia. The “lake” was nothing more than pond full of weeds and not much else. Guowang couldn’t even find his reflection ...

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“A Mans Duty” by Rodney Owen

Submitted to Contest #58

The sirens could be heard in the distant night sky. They grew louder and louder the closer the Police cars came. The air was thick with tension and the summer heat turned the small house into a cauldron of anxiety. Daniel stood in his dark living room. His heart was pounding out of his chest when the lights came back on. He stood frozen with a vacant stare on his face. The gun in his hand hung heavily beside him while the smell of gun powder lingered like in the air like a ghost. Daniel was aware of the Police who had walked in the front doo...

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Author bio

I’m a Father, Husband and Counsellor from Sydney Australia. I’ve enjoyed creative writing and won some awards in my youth. Looking have fun and connect with like minded writers.