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Deborah Curci

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

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Gotta watch that ice

Weekly Contest #370

Gotta Watch that IceEither my heart or the kitchen clock is loud. Oddly, the rest of me is calm as I stare past the letter and out the window at the slushy street.The three o’clock school bus passes the driveway, showering the slick concrete with another layer of dirt and more chunks of ice.So how can I hear the clock?Or how can my heart thump and pump along so loudly in my ears, but go unfelt in my chest?The envelope had sliced my finger, leaving a tiny, stinging cut. Another reason to regret having opened the damned thing.But I’m not looki...

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The Boring

Weekly Contest #101

By Deborah Curci, writing as Kate Kersey Boris stood at the window, looking at the tossing sea that spread from horizon to horizon. He was alone when he muttered, “I just can’t take it anymore… the, the boring…”. He twitched lightly, shoulder meeting cheek, arms wrapped around himself in a reassuring self-hug. The well drilling rig had been out in the sea for as long as anyone cared to remember. It was as much part of the view as the gulls and the waves. Deep beneath those waves was a drill so large, with a bit so huge and fierce,...

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Well, Whaddya Know

Weekly Contest #91

So's you know, libraries ain't my thing. I never opened a book in my life 'cept when I had to. School, right? What a trip. Goons and whores, pretending to be kids. Not the other way around. And a fucking zoo. Who could learn? I don't even really like movies, either. TV's okay if you can find a fight or some basketball. Or a classic car auction, although not many cars beat my beauty. But movies, books... just a buncha lies some sucker wrote for other suckers to buy and read. What's the point? Funny, it was my beauty that landed me in th...

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