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Dana Jennings Jelter

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2024

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Yo, Meema!

Dana Jennings Jelter

Submitted to Contest #329

When my granddad died two years ago, we worried about Meema being all alone in the home she once shared with him. Meema was small and frail, and it was truly impressive that her feeble bones could hold up the weight of her two-inch thick glasses. To keep her busy, my brother and I bought her a cheap computer and gave her a quick crash course on surfing the web. She’d send us emails occasionally, and everyone was always very impressed by our tech-savvy octogenarian. A few days after Meema’s 84th birthday, I sat at her 60s-style metal kitchen ...

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A Night at The Raven

Dana Jennings Jelter

Submitted to Contest #249

“Mike!” Darla’s eyes darted around the strobe-lit room, nervously searching for her white knight. In this case, a 350-pound former boxer who she recently hired to keep her bar in check on nights when things got out of hand. He helped drag out men throwing punches, women pulling hair, and both men and women who couldn’t take “no” for an answer. He knew how to handle most situations — by extending his arms and plowing the perpetrator like a backhoe toward the nearest exit. His towering height and emotionless gaze made it easy to dissociate wit...

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