Yoshimi Takenaka

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2019

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“Recessed During Recess” by Yoshimi Takenaka

Submitted to Contest #18

“Elementary school playgrounds are a hatchery of crime.” Calvin hissed, and kept his stomach low to the ground as he crawled across the basketball court. His partner — Detective Elijah — was hanging on to his every word, but it was difficult to speak in his gravelly action-movie voice with his chest pressed into the concrete, so the boy decided to continue the narration in his head. Elementary school playgrounds are a hatchery of crime. A seedbed for to-be crooks, disguised by unassuming play structures and brightly painted swing s...

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Japanese person who writes as a hobby. Currently living in Canada.