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Sarah Mac

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2024

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Don't Bury The Lead

Sarah Mac

Submitted to Contest #317

The Frederick News-Post August 29, 2025By Quincy Jacobs. qjacobs@newspost.com Several hundred people gathered today to witness the historic unearthing of a time capsule that was buried on the grounds of the Walnut Ridge Park 50 years ago, but many were baffled and angered by what they found. Instead of the letters, tapes, and memorabilia that had been buried in 1975, there was what appeared to be a tablet stamped with a small silver plate that read: BREMER TECH. “This has to be some kind of a hoax,” said Samantha Clemens, a resident...

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The Glitching Mask

Sarah Mac

Please be aware this story contains strong tones of grief and loss of a child, along with mental health issues. This party was as dead as her child. The thought came, harsh and unbidden, causing Joy's mask of happiness to glitch. It hadn't always been a mask. And, if she was honest with herself, the party didn't seem to be dead. The fault lay within her. The others there, the small group of family and friends present, still had that spark of joie de vivre in their eyes. Hers had been snuffed out just over a year ago. Fingers tented on...

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Connections

Sarah Mac

Submitted to Contest #315

The alarm went off at 3:45 a.m. and jarred Oliver out of a deep sleep. He'd been dreaming again. It was the same scene as always. He stood in a field vibrant with color and teeming with life. Tall indigo grain swayed gently, weighed down by slightly darker seed pods that clung to his trousers as he moved. In the distance, mountains the color of red clay loomed large on the horizon. Nearby, what looked like an orchard was at their feet, but the trees—if that's what they were—seemed wrong. The distance made it hard to judge, but they looked mu...

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Heatwave

Sarah Mac

Submitted to Contest #314

The television forecasters had been calling it a heatwave, but that was such a drastic understatement as to be laughable, according to Alejandra Jiminez. She would have said just that if anyone had bothered asking her, but no one did. They should, she thought grimly, following the trail towards the sound of voices ahead. Alejandra often thought of her job as a Death Valley National Park Ranger in two ways: protect the park from the people and protect the people from themselves. The latter was more difficult. As her smart watch started buzzin...

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Best Kase Scenario

Sarah Mac

Submitted to Contest #313

Best Kase Scenario "This is complete horseshit," Kasey mused, tossing the complaint over one shoulder like a discarded wrapper. The hike was Kayden's idea, after all, like it always was, so it was his responsibility to take the abuse for her acceptance. She didn't even bother to look back and gauge his reaction. She didn't have to. He was her twin and she'd memorized the glint of long-suffering humor in his eyes eons ago. It had always seemed to her that Kayden had been born with the foreknowledge of his place in the world and carried an inn...

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