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Space Writer

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2023

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Why don't you want to meet new people, Ma?...

Space Writer

Submitted to Contest #191

"...Because I don't like people. I told you that a million times before." That was the answer I kept giving my daughter every time she asked me why I didn't want to attend her job's free museum night. My daughter, Sarah, who is the complete opposite of me is a lively twenty-year-old college student who is living her best life as an artist and curator-in-training at the Detroit Museum of Art. I didn't finish college, due to dropping out to have her my freshman year. I suck at drawing, despite having taken a few art courses myself. And I'm n...

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eBay...Where retro items go to be reborn

Space Writer

Submitted to Contest #190

Ginger Mavis was a STEM geek. Her first invention came at the age of 8 when she somehow rewired the doorbell to ring whenever the ice cream truck was ten houses away. She had timed herself to see how long it took her to make it outside by the time she heard the carnival music of the truck playing. It was roughly ten houses. Her father was perplexed when the doorbell suddenly stopped ringing. He was equally dumbfounded when the doorbell rang randomly between five and six o'clock every evening. The jig was up when the neighbor down the s...

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Moist Words

Space Writer

Submitted to Contest #190

Note: this story mentions a sexual assault attempt and gun violence "Speak now, if you will, milady, lest your lips remain parched for moist words". Julianna rolled her eyes at Roosevelt Brown. Roosevelt, or ‘Big Ro’ as he was called by his friends, was a 17-year-old junior that had been hounding Julianna for a date since last semester. Roosevelt transferred into Julianna's high school the previous year. He wasn’t shy about letting her know how he felt about her. Julianna did not share the sentiment. They didn't have any classes toget...

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