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Toby Gaskarth

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2021

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Mariana's Trench

Somewhere, in the dark hours, sleep had fled once more. The pale light from her phone coated the bedroom in a dim glow. The blankets were too hot but the bedroom, with its open window, was too cool to throw off all coverings. A siren blared in the distance. The steady hum of traffic registered in her brain. Mariana rolled over. Then rolled again. And again. She slid out of bed and closed the window. Within minutes, the room was too warm. She tried to tell herself that she was still asleep. You liar, whispered her brain. Follow me – anot...

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Box of Secrets

Submitted to Contest #103

I open the wooden box that I brought back from my parents’ home. I have never seen this box before. It was hidden in my mother’s hope chest, under knitted baby clothes and blankets. I lift the latch and find brown envelopes full of old photographs. One picture falls out and I pick it up. The black and white photograph is faded, but I am still caught in their gaze. I wonder who they are, with the mountain lake behind them. Instinct makes me flip the picture over and I am rewarded by the faded ink script on the back. Fred and Bunny, Lake Annec...

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