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Carolyn Fenzl

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2023

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Creature Comfort

Submitted to Contest #313

My friend Adrienne stood in the middle of her driveway, her face frozen somewhere between panic and a grimace. “I came as fast as I could,” I said as I jumped out of my small white pickup truck to join her on the driveway. “Tell me what happened,” I said, pulling her into a shadier spot under a tree whose leaves had already succumbed to their gorgeous fall splendor. Wiping a tear from the corner of her eye she faced me and grabbed my hands. “You have to find him!” “Find who?” “Jasper. He’s gone.” She sniffed, then continued. “My dad took u...

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Something in the Shadows

Submitted to Contest #272

Izzy Halper was no stranger to the eerie stillness of her office after hours. Trying to prove herself as the newest editor at NightStory Publishing, she often found herself immersed in manuscripts long after the sun had dipped below the horizon. Tonight, she was particularly engrossed in a horror novel by a promising new author. The manuscript was dark, filled with menacing shadows and unsettling whispers. It was the kind of story that made the hairs on the back of Izzy’s neck stand on end. The time on the wall clock clicked over to 11:47PM....

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Who Saved Me?

Submitted to Contest #271

As I came to, I was aware of a pain in my arm and looked down to see an IV taped to the skin, just where my arm would normally bend at the elbow. I blinked in the harsh fluorescent light, becoming aware that I was lying in a hospital bed. I looked around the room and noticed my clothing flung over a chair beside the gurney I lay on. Droplets of water were hitting the floor under them. Water. The flood. The sirens in town had blared just before the dam cracked under the pressure from days of rain. The hurricane had been merciless to the old f...

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Birding in Idaho

Submitted to Contest #206

I was reminiscing about the Hairy Woodpecker I’d seen just up the mountain last week as my snowmobile sped through the newly fallen half foot of snow. I’d forgotten my camera that time, a rookie birding mistake, and I hoped the bird would still be in the same stand of trees. The dry air was making my throat scratchy, and I needed water or I’d start coughing and upset my already shaky driving skills. My wife had warned me against buying a snowmobile, calling it a death trap, but it was an early retirement splurge and made winter birding on th...

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