Todd Duddka

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2023

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“A Summer Awakening” by Todd Duddka

Submitted to Contest #214

“Hello Labor Day, I made it!” Saying these words out loud even though I was alone so no one heard them but it felt so good for me to hear.  Usually, when the highly annoying iPhone alarm clock emits that terrible noise that signals it is time to rise, I am not such a cheery person.  Most days, that sound would make me think, “oh gee, thanks God, another shitty day ahead.”  Not today. Today IS a different day.   I truly find it hard to believe it’s already Labor Day!  Traditionally this is the end of summer e...

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“Be Nice Or Else” by Todd Duddka

Submitted to Contest #214

“When the summer started, I knew my mom and dad would be killing people but I never knew how delightful my vacation would be.” Sitting at the laundry mat, bored out of my gourd, I was texting my girlfriend back home but apparently, my internal monologue was turned off because I could tell that the elderly lady next to me, folding her bloomers, suddenly turned her head toward my direction. Oops.  That sentence even sounds weird to me so I can only imagine what she was thinking when she heard those words emit from my vocal ...

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Wannabe writer finally making that leap into the unknown.