Wendy Goerl

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2019

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“License to Be a Hero” by Wendy Goerl

Submitted to Contest #32

I remember the day we met. It’s as indelibly burned into my memory as 9-11, or the Columbia, or the Challenger. I suppose it’d rank right up with the Kennedy assassination, if I’d been alive back then. Or maybe the A-bomb. That might be the best analogy. A realization that some powerful genie had been let out of the bottle, and couldn’t be put back again. It began innocently enough: freshman orientation at Southern Lake Michigan University, where I was going to major in engineering. They paired us up ...

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“ Wake-Up Call” by Wendy Goerl

Submitted to Contest #12

Romeo circled the green dragon, looking for a chance to close in for the kill. The green turned with him, keeping its sword-like fore claws ready to block any attack against its neck or chest. Blood still flowed from the gash Romeo had delivered to its hind leg, but the green as yet showed no signs of favoring it. Romeo made several feints, hoping to draw the green into over exerting the weakened limb, but it remained defensive, minimizing the stress to it. Romeo began to circle faster, with quick, jabbing ...

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