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Stanley Bordenave

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2024

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The Once-in-a-Lifetime Event

Stanley Bordenave

Submitted to Contest #245

The elevator was out—great timing as usual. It wasn’t encouraging that I had ten flights of stairs to climb. I looked at my phone and saw that it was 3:18 pm, which meant that I had nine minutes to get to the roof. I left work, early for this, but it looked like I was still going to be late anyways. As I started running up the condo building’s metallic stairs, I remembered why I stopped playing basketball after high school: my knees were shot. I glanced at one of the stairwell ...

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A Day in the Life of a Crow

Stanley Bordenave

Submitted to Contest #243

The life a crow is a life which is centered on the observation of one’s surroundings, the adaptation to sudden environmental changes, and the parallel existence with our bald ape neighbours. I stand perched on a tree branch, observing these neighbours as they carry about with their daily activities. As usual, the short-haired bald ape was the first to leave the home, shortly after sunrise. He got into his mobile poison-emitter and drove off. Shortly afterwards, the long-haired bald ape and her offspring left the home and got into their secon...

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The Date

Stanley Bordenave

Submitted to Contest #241

I’m like a socially-inept swine as I sit in my car, nervously waiting for Cassie. I asked her out on a date and she chose some new steakhouse in the middle of nowhere. For years, we’ve been “just friends”—that’s mostly because she used to date my best friend, Kayden. There’s an unofficial rule between men that says “bros before hoes.” This means that there’s a hierarchy that prioritizes male friendships over any girlfriends. Women come and go, but male friendships are supposed to last forever. Even though ...

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Elegy on a Mountain

Stanley Bordenave

Submitted to Contest #240

TW: references to death, suicideI am awakened by the cold breeze against my exposed face as well as by the intense pain in my back. I look to my left; I am stunned by the sky’s infinite void as well as by the spectacular view of the glacier-covered peaks and valleys of the Rocky Mountains. I’m lying on the edge of a narrow rock platform, suspended thousands of feet up in the air. I panic when I realize that Jess isn’t with me but I try not to move too much since any sudden movement will surely send me falling to my death. I continue to look ...

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Dropped

Stanley Bordenave

Submitted to Contest #238

Warning: this story deals with death and grieving The end began at the Fraud Detection Trade Show, in Vegas. I was doing my thing, standing at DetectCo’s booth, showing off Fraud Saavy’s almost limitless capabilities. Our software was intended for banks and online businesses whose assets were constantly being targeted by fraud actors who were attempting to bilk them out of millions of dollars. This was where the fraud detection software came in. It flags unusual activity, both internal and external, and alerts the company’s security depart...

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