Z. E. Kraft

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021

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“of branches and fire extinguishers ” by Z. E. Kraft

Submitted to Contest #212

Ruth taps a sticker onto the top of a brown box, one practically identical to the thousands she's stickered before and completely unassuming.It's important work, work that keeps a whole country moving. Grandmas sending strange trinkets to grandkids a thousand miles away, letters sent by dramatic lovers, the occasional small business owner pretending they aren't selling those candles they're shipping to avoid paying extra. Ruth has seen all kinds of people ship all kinds of things in her forty-some-...

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I wonder if I would've bothered writing if we were still using clay tablets. Sounds troublesome. ze-kraft.com