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Jarrett Smith

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2020

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Happy meal

“Get out of the pantry,” she screamed. “Just go sit down!” Her screaming didn’t help Rocco’s mood, and she knew it. She also knew that when he got home from practice that he needed to eat right away or he’d get hangry. She would scream at him, and he would normally scream back. Things would start all over again until dad stepped in and made them both feel better. Of course. Her husband had been shifted to nights a few weeks ago. Rocco never got to see him during the week anymore. He would only glimpse the man that everyone said Rocco looke...

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The Door

Submitted to Contest #34

 "Are you sure it's up here?" Arnie asked as he climbed the last rung on the latter to the attic.  "It's up there. Mom made me put it up there before you were even born," Eli said as he watched his younger brother climb up the latter. Eli remembered the last time Arnie had been up there. Arnie had started to cry in fear. Of course, Arnie had been five at that time. Now he was a good three years older and much braver.    But, despite being ten years old, Eli found the darkness scary. Arnie looked back d...

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Magically Together

Submitted to Contest #32

Marcos brushed the strand of long dark curly hair out of his face and looked around the room. The living room he shared with Harmony, his girlfriend of two years, had taken on many of her charming characteristics. It didn’t bother him in the least that his second-hand brown leather couch had been sold off and replaced with a much warmer color sectional. He actually loved all the pictures of their adventures that Harmony had hung around the room.  Right now though, Marcos wasn’t sure about anything that pertained to Harmony.  He had...

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The Drive Home

Submitted to Contest #31

       Randal sighed as he buckled his seat belt. He almost threw his head into the headrest of his car as he slammed on the gas pedal. His red crossover SUV sputtered out of the parking lot.            He was free now!            He had been at work much longer than he had planned to be. His boss had come in at 3 pm and dropped a brand-new project on his plate that he wanted to be done be...

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