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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2023
Submitted to Contest #217
The old witch must have died in her garden. The smell of pungent decay was snaking out from behind her house and resting bodily in the southern heat. The humidity did nothing to attenuate the issue. The stench had come suddenly at dawn and reached everybody in town simultaneously. Nobody was enthusiastic about the prospect of collecting the corpse. Outsiders deemed the townsfolk superstitious. The townsfolk deemed themselves sensibly cautious. They traipsed around the issue for hours until the stench got so bad, the men putting up the telegr...
Submitted to Contest #209
“I understand I should have been watching the road, but you gotta admit, the guy came in out of nowhere. Besides, who the hell decides to stroll around at night in this weather? There’s practically a goddamn monsoon raging,” says the driver. The passenger nods meekly. “You don’t think it’s my fault, do you?” The passenger’s head shakes. "I'm terribly sorry you had to experience that." The passenger nods in response. "You must be distraught." Another head shake. “How’s he doing back there?” The driver frets. The passenge...
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