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Steve Douwes

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

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Chasing Sunsets

Submitted to Contest #39

As I walk in to my room, after a long and very tiring day of working a crappy 9-5 job, I take off my clothes and hop in my pajamas and lay down in bed. While I lay there staring up at the glistening stars that litter my ceiling, I think to myself, “How is this where I am right now?”I am 24 years old and I am still living at home with my parents. I work a dreary and very want to kill myself style job at the textile plant down the road in rural Wisconsin. I do the same thing day in and day out and it’s starting to become a strain on my social ...

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The Future is Behind You

Submitted to Contest #37

In a city of forgotten mystery and unresolved truths lies a storied past of greed, deception, murder and mayhem. 'Here Lies Bartholomew(Brett)McGinnis' reads the weathered grave stone in the completely deserted graveyard on Talbot St. "It should have been me!!" screams young Daniel Cromwell as he stands over his dead friend's grave who was taken well before his story was over. Daniel and Brett grew up together on what you could say was the wrong side of the tracks in South Boston and pretty much did everything together. They both grew up in ...

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As We Know It...

Submitted to Contest #35

Oh my god, what time is it? Wait! Don't open your eyes!! If you open your eyes than you will not be able to get back to sleep and you are going to have to start your day. You do not want to start yet. You have been asleep for only like 4 hours and you need some me and you time and none of this real life stuff. I am your mind and you will listen to me or else I'm just gonna talk to you all day and annoy the crap out of you. Alright fine, we can get up and go about our day. First things first you need some coffee so why don't you get that brew...

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