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Andrew Hansen

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

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Annotated: cryptozoic wildlife of Cresta Alta

Submitted to Contest #36

DUNCAN I hope these notes find you well. I dare not trust these eyes to review my own work, and though I have only landed in Cresta Alta this morning and by the time you read this I will be back in the states, I am eager to hear from you. I hold no other mind as equal among the faculty, current or former. The university is lucky to have you, as am I. Much to report already. Much. But I promise to keep it clean and precise (unlike the Board). Jose met Gully and I at the runway after a slick landing—it rains here as much as you remem...

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Mating Season

Submitted to Contest #35

Mating season is no time for cold feet, especially for a sasquatch. The dry spells of recent years are no excuse to hunker down at the cave while the rest of my species exchanges love and fluids. This year will be different. No, don’t say this year. Tonight. Tonight will be different. I’m prepped. I’ve got this. I haven’t washed in the creek since last halfmoon. My musk is optimized. My fur is burly. Pheromones practically spraying. The females will come drooling. They never have before, but hey, that’s not productive self-talk. Remember, th...

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You've Been Here Before

Submitted to Contest #33

You’ve been here before. You tell Oscar you like the cut, and you do, actually. Hair wasn’t made to curtain your forehead, and Oscar is a wizard with scissors. You tip him well. You always tip him well. Barbers are surgeons in high demand. A sensitive craft. Underpaid, too. You ask him about the dog. You don’t ask him about the wife, about Missy, who has been bunking with a friend out of state ever since Oscar did time. You don’t know the friend’s gender.           You don’t ask because ...

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