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Jane Davidson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2024

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The Road Not Taken

Weekly Contest #305

At the intersection, I could go right and head home — but turning left would take me to the cemetery. I turned left toward the setting sun. Parking the car, I walked along the rows of grave markers until I saw the freshly turned earth over her location. There were fresh flowers there. Some bunches of roses and lilies, and wreaths saying "Beloved Daughter" and "My Love." The permanent marker was not yet installed, so no one could tell who lay there, slowly decomposing. I walked around the mound of dirt, thinking of her. I hadn’t attended the ...

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Locked or Unlocked?

Weekly Contest #274

***Trigger warning***Contains reference to home breakin and possible sexual assault (not explicit)*** The Pacific Northwest is an ideal place to settle. I’ve lived in many places during my life, but the beauty and peace of living in the woods in a damp, temperate climate allows me to rest and redefine my life. I moved to this house more than a year ago, and I am starting my second fall in this isolated place. It’s a small house, suitable for a mature woman living alone. There is a lawn around two sides of the building, but the whole space is...

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In the Park

Weekly Contest #273

The park was beautiful. A bright green, grassy expanse sloped gently down to a stand of trees and then to a lake. There were two pathways winding through the landscape, and water fountains on both of them. There were benches and picnic tables, with a few people sitting at them while others wandered around, taking in the sights and scents of the area. Everyone seemed relaxed. Bella and Malcolm walked along side by side, but she knew he was really coming here because she liked it. He would sit and work while she enjoyed the park and made frien...

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