Venita Bonds

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2025

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“The Rougarou” by Venita Bonds

Submitted to Contest #291

The Rougarou Raylan Stone was installing a strut on a Toyota when I burst into the Texaco station. I ducked under the lift, slipped in a patch of oil, and cracked my head on the garage floor. “Mais là, Delilah Jane, are you pining for a concussion?” The handsome Cajun scooped me up and set me on a stack of tires. He wiped grease off his hands and gently palpated the back of my head. “You’re not bleeding, chère, but there’s a lump. You might’ve cracked your skull.” Holding my throbbing head, I mumbled, “I’m just dizzy.” “Why’d you bust in...

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“The Headache” by Venita Bonds

Submitted to Contest #290

The Headache Sometimes the brightest medical minds shake their collective noggins, pat you on the knee, and hurry out before you ask questions they can’t answer. This was the second time they’d entombed me in the CT scanner. The bang bang banging was making my head implode. I didn’t cotton to the idea of letting them poison me if they found cancer. If ice packs and aspirin couldn’t cure my constant headache, I’d totter up to heaven or wherever they send women who are plumb sick of being sick. I punched the panic button. Before Keisha Jack...

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