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Submitted by writers on Reedsy Prompts to our weekly writing contest. Being one of the most popular genres among the submissions to our weekly contest, the drama short stories collected below include riveting works you won’t want to miss.

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JACKIE AND THE DRUGLORDS.

Submitted to Contest #68

Mediterranean blue bled into light blue as the darkness skittled away, revealing a sky all primed for the sun's resplendent arrival. It was as if an invisible painter was working his magic and onlookers had no choice but to stand awestruck at what was unfolding before them. Jackie and Vincent were no different as they stood at the edge of a wooden jetty overlooking the expanse of lake before them; their hands lodged in each other's. His grip was tight. Last night was their first and last night together. Jackie and her boys had to disappear, ...

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Entangled

Submitted to Contest #68

It’s been twenty-four years since she’s last seen it, but the place looks exactly the same. Chipping paint peeling back to reveal ugly concrete scars. Isla feels her bags weighing down her shoulders but none of that bothers her. In fact, it makes the experience more welcoming.  Through the window she spots Pia with a blurred face and thin arms. Now Pia’s hair is short and thick and white. Wrinkles on her flowery dress match the building almost exactly.  There are no blue-eyed customers waiting in the window, so Isla throws a clumsy...

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Water Under The Bridge

Submitted to Contest #68

Water Under The BridgeMy Darling the sun shines brightly in your eyes as the sun rises out of the water. I want to spend every sunrise looking into them. From the first day you came into my life, I have cherished every moment. The reflection on the water takes me back to Bora Bora where we spent our honeymoon. The days and nights were magical with the turquoise lagoons and clear deep blue waters where we scuba dived along the coral reef and hiked Mount Otemanu. You, my dear, worried about the volcano erupting. I reme...

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Strangers of the Woods

Submitted to Contest #68

A smile forms onto her slim face as she watches the sun rise above the mountains in awe. Something so simple can affect her so easily is almost sad to watch.  Orange reflects off the mountains as the floating beacon finds its resting place just below the clouds. Eagles hoot as they dive for their early morning snack, the trees stand still as theres not a single gust of wind in sight. “We better get moving if we want to finish before sundown.” Mark causally says as he begins to pack up the tent. “It’s just so beautiful up her...

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Blood Bank

Submitted to Contest #68

The plasma bags are what she is after. She has them. This, the plasma, maintains the building blocks of life; it's the binder that knits red and white cells and platelets together; a kind of emulsifier of the bloodstream but with a bigger engine under the hood; all those things and so much more. Without it you die; with it you may also suffer if it isn't working as it should. For Caitlin's brother Martin, it was the latter. Caitlin had promised Martin the ride of a lifetime as soon as he was well enough to once again venture outside. They'd...

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True Feelings

Submitted to Contest #68

Under the old and beautiful Flamboyant tree, in the umbrella of the night sky stood a hopeful Emiliano Queresma - his palms sweating with anxiety as he stood in front of his beloved Natasha Cruz, a fellow South American whose beauty was second to none in his eyes.   There could be no one else for him, he believed - obsessing whatever she did or whatever little movements she made; whenever he could, he was watching.  “Natasha…” “Yes?” “I’m in love with you, please go out with me!” “...” She looked a little flu...

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Never Again

Submitted to Contest #68

This was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives, but as Michelle stared into the photo of her and Louis at the sunset on the beach that summer night that changed their lives, she wasn’t so sure she was ready to do this.      RING RING. She turned quickly to face her phone on the bed. She picked it up and answered it.      “Hello,” She said.      “Hi Michelle! Are you ready to go?” Melanie asked.     “Right,” She replied as she threw her coat on and slammed the...

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Two Poets

Submitted to Contest #68

The two poets watched as the morning sunrise struggled into dawn. One was young, the other near the end of his life. The soft rose-pink light colored both their faces, the one like a smooth, blank palette, the other interrupted with aged canyons of shadow. "What, is it sunset already?" the older one wondered out loud. "No, Master," replied his young friend. "It is dawn." They sat gently rocking in a simple boat on the lake. If you listened carefully, you could hear the miniature waves lap against the cobbled shore. Shore birds, having ant...

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My Greedy Secret

Submitted to Contest #68

"I have something to tell you," I whispered lustfully, pressing my forehead into his chest. I could feel the warmth of his gray sweater as his smell made it's way to my nose. His blue eyes light up at the thought of finding out my secrets. How many times has he asked me to spill some tea. I hated that expression, spill the tea or was it spill the T? I seemed to be way behind the trendy sayings these days. I can't say I love my secret, but on the other hand, I can't say I hated it either. It just became who I am, it took over my life and I di...

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Twenty-four Years

Submitted to Contest #68

Twenty-four Years It had been twenty-four years since she’d last seen it, but the place looked exactly the same. Twenty-four years ago she had been a patient at the Berwick Hospital Center’s ER. Angela could still hear all the sounds that surrounded her as she lay on a bed in one of the curtained off cubicles. She laid there worried about her baby sister and totally pissed off at her brother that had crashed them into a telephone pole. She stood here today outside the very same hospital because today was her first day here as the head o...

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Bitter truth of life !

Submitted to Contest #68

"Yes, I agree with you, Lara. I admit my words. I love him so much. Now, what? " Can you plz tell me the bitter truth of life? Can you feel the fiercing touch of hidden love? You never imagine that how painful it was, when the dreams were shattered, especially falling in love someone at first time. That hidden pain squeezing blood from heart . Ah! what a painful life! Mind always recites the pitiful words… Hidden pain Fiercing heart Burning soul Blank mind Blind eyes Vacant brain Blurred thoughts  All are happened  Due to hidde...

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A Badge Is Only As Good As The One Who Wears It

Submitted to Contest #68

“You remember the plan?”          John nodded and tried to ignore his shaking hands. “I do. I will go in while you wait here in the car. I will find the manager of the bank and then tell them that their money is counterfeit and needs to be confiscated. Then I will take the money and bring it to the car. Once we have it there, we will drive away and make our escape.”          Officer Peter nodded. “I wish it did not have to come to this, but we have to d...

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No Fair

Submitted to Contest #68

“This was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives,» Brian said. As he started talking flashbacks coming back to the other man's head.                                             It was midnight. Getting up from his bed he couldn’t sleep. There he was William Schneider sitting in the balcony, a cigarette between his f...

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Revealing The Final Plan

Submitted to Contest #68

“You what?!” I tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth to Reeze. I told her that it started from the time that Valentina Levesque defeated me in the client presentation. The time when Mr. Pascual offered me my desired position by supporting his plan and accepted it. I told her that Mr. Pascual carefully managed to delay Val's application for citizenship and I was the one reported to immigration about the appointing day so that we can kick her out in the company. It was all the General Accounting Manager's idea. And now ...

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Dead Heart Beat

Submitted to Contest #68

It had been twenty-four years since she had last seen it, but the place still looked exactly the same. Were the people? Melissa wondered. The smell of hot soapy washed plastic trays mingled with the smell of fatty tasteless cafeteria food. It was as nauseating now to her grown up stomach as it had been to her 12 year old stomach then. Standing here in line feeling ashamed and embarrassed among the chattering, she couldn’t help but think of being twelve standing in a similar line in this very spot.      &nbs...

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