Tag: Short Story
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I Want Corn on the Cob
The prompt for this story was “write a story from a dog’s perspective,” which was fun to contemplate. The backdrop theme was “the dog days of summer,” which led me to recall the days we had a heat dome in the Portland Metro area. Although other places in the world are accustomed to temperatures as…
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Did We Know Each Other?
This short story includes the genres of coming of age, high school, and romance. The prompt for this contest entry was: “Center your story around a character trying to make amends.” Comments on this story included: “Ahhh!!!! Loved it!,” “This story pulled at my heart in all the best ways,” and “The final line ……
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Unstoppable
The prompt for this short story was: “Center your story around a struggling author who discovers they can control reality through their writing — but there’s a catch.” I decided to write this story partly due to my love of the film “Stranger Than Fiction” (2006, written by Zach Helm and starring Will Ferrell, Emma…
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If Pride & Prejudice Friends Could Text
For this short story contest entry, Reedsy asked us to play with form. For example, the story could have been a recipe, a diary entry, or a series of phone calls. I chose the exchange of text messages between friends, not just any friends, but Pride and Prejudice characters Elizabeth Bennett and Charlotte Lucas. Charlotte:…
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The Ghost Writer
In this new short story, I dip into a new genre: speculative fiction. The writing contest prompt for this story was to “Center your story around an author, editor, ghostwriter, or literary agent.” Jocelyn hoped she remembered all her lies for the impending Zoom call. She’d studied the newspaper accounts and video clips of her…
Kristy Schnabel 