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Wendy Simmons

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020

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Library

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Submitted to Contest #121

Thanks a lot, America. Every single day I wake up and ask myself will this be the day. Will this be the day something goes wrong on my day to day walk of life being a black man. Will this be the day that I’m at the grocery store, while I’m in the produce section trying to determine which avocado is worthy of my toast in the morning and someone says something to me that will set off a chain of events that may end my life? Will this be the day I go to grab a shopping cart and unknowingly reach for a cart that someone else was reaching for and ...

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It's Not My Book

Submitted to Contest #91

It was just a regular day of me waking up taking a shower, quickly scarfing down a piece of toast so my stomach won’t be too loud whilst I’m in the library! You see, when you don’t have a life you cherish those simple things a little more. I’m not saying that if you go to the library you’re automatically pegged as someone who doesn’t have a life, I’m just saying for me, that is exactly the case. I’m an introvert to the highest degree! If there were an award show yearly I’m sure I would be nominated for “Person most likely to never leave...

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The Moon

Submitted to Contest #52

I just knew if I was to dream it would be a strange dream. I knew it would have something to do with today. I dreamt that as I was laying in bed and there wI hear it. I hear it. “I HEAR YOU!!”, I scream from the other side of the room as I lay in my bed not really wanting to acknowledge exactly what I was hearing. I think I even subconsciously piled a stack of dirty laundry on top of it so maybe I could legitimately say, “I didn’t hear my alarm” and that’s the reason I missed my appointment. The thing is there is a mechanism inside my brain ...

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