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Lily Finch

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2022

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Who killed whom? How many people made choices that night? How many people were duped?

When I took the job, I didn't think about anything at all outside of getting the Teacher of the Year award for going above and beyond my duties with the student's best interests in mind. Despite the long ferry ride, I busied myself with my binoculars and caught some incredible sights. My husband, more into women than anything else, found the first blonde and started a conversation. Her husband and I were colleagues of a sort. Her husband, Bruce, was an elementary teacher, while I was the high school English teacher at Waglisla School on Be...

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The Sting of Friendship

We often spoke about something mindless—writing—and how it affected us. First, it was one story, then another, and pretty soon, we were always communicating via phone and computer to work through stories we've read and are writing. We also used each other's critical eyes while we were at it.  That's why I couldn't believe it when it happened What he'd gone and said to me had crossed a boundary. My legs wobbled, and my heart beat into my ears as my breath stressed through my windpipe on its trip to my starved-for-oxygen lungs. ...

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A Crumpled-Up Piece of Paper Leads the Way

My husband and I love mysteries and enjoy spending time together doing whatever comes our way. Most of the time, stuff just falls into our lap. But on the day we left for vacation, we didn’t think any mystery would come our way. On the way there, we ordered a meal. We also had a few drinks on the plane.  We found our shuttle. in no time and had another drink on the shuttle. It was a great ride, bumpy, but we felt no pain as I used my Spanish to converse with our driver, Hector. After a while, two hours worth, we arrived at our destina...

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Saved by Silence

“Sue, I’ll work the silent retreat if that suits you.” Ginny offered. “You will? My boyfriend and I are going out of town tonight. It’ll be nice to stay the weekend.”“Oh, thanks so much. Have fun!”“Yeah, you too.”#Tailing me—even for my soon-to-be ex-wife—means she’s desperate. Drastic circumstances lead to drastic measures. Ugh—okay, what the heck? I’ll try anything once. “Hi, I’m here for the silent retreat if openings remain.” Dave looked around anxiously, as no other people were signing in. “Thank you.” The person behind the de...

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Football Captain Finds His Way

She entered the mercantile, looking for someone rather than something to buy. Samantha Red found him, the football team captain, working alongside his mother. Jay asked his mother if he could be excused and if she wanted to come inside for a visit. Secretly, he liked to see her, too. His mother gave him a look and then a nod as she smiled at Samantha.“Samantha Red, you smell like the beauty of the fireflies at night, illuminating fiercely and brightly to attract a mate with the one light they have. Over the meadow, they fly so gracefully.""W...

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An Ancient Hard Drive and Floppy Disc Caper

I felt my aunts' and uncles' secrets in my grandmother's dark, twisting basement storage and attic when she asked me to assist her in cleaning it.  I was surprised that the hard drive we found used floppy discs, hard discs, and jump drives. The computer was stored correctly, and sturdy plastic protected the monitor and PC. A separate box held the discs safely near the neatly wrapped wires and adaptors.  The floppy discs were jumbled and unlabeled, so no one could tell which was crucial or utilized most. I suddenly felt like a det...

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No More Running / The Sacrifice

 Jill stinks. Gary can attest to that. Jill aged poorly, and so did her cooch; it stinks, and so does she. She smells, according to Gary’s olfactory senses, like a dead varmint that’s puked on itself and then shat in its mouth for all the world to smell.The stench from every orifice of her body wafts into his nostrils, but rather than burning as it had in ancient days, it collapsed his olfactory nerve and caused Gary to keep a wide berth whenever Jill came around. That and her bubbly, overdone personality made him feel a strong urg...

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The Witch and the Pixies and Gary

“It’s a pixie you’ll need. To keep Gary alive. Only a poison-sucking pixie can remove the poison. They are the most radiant, with voluminous colour,” the witch said.“Where can we find one, witch?” Jill said."I told you before that I am not your pixie." Pepper smiled."Pixie, I don’t know if you know what will happen if we fail to capture one of you in time," Dutch said.Pepper stated, "No one claimed I was your pixie simply because I could expel the poison."Dutch gasped as he watched her fly off into the woods. She flew to where she thoug...

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Flawed Mamma

However, despite all the ups and downs, my life went through many transformations in eight years. From being married and lacking a degree or any real earning potential to becoming a single mom with two kids in tow who returned to my parent's home to live. Memories flooded back of the frustrating door that had long symbolized unresolved matters and a dead end, almost like a closed door of Feng Shui concepts.Afterwards, I decided to give my partner, Scott, a call. Surprisingly, my dad inquired, "Why do you constantly call him?" His anger was p...

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Friends

She found him on a brain injury site. She thought he needed help. She had been on the site since she was 50 and she considered herself an expert on bouncing back with a life to live. He was angry and he wasn't easy to live with. His wife in desperation, reached out to her. He had dared to make a connection with her. She had been persistent in persuading him to get out of his anger and chat. "What could you offer me? I am not at all someone anyone would want to know or chat with; let me tell you," he said. "Even my wife doesn't like me an...

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Two Tone's Time to Shine

They were the perfect two for getting along. But they hadn't met yet."One day, my beautiful son, you'll meet the right person. Let's hope it's your time to shine," his mother would say."I don't know what you mean, Mama, but, okay."Now, all these years later, he wondered if his mother had a crystal ball or if she was clairvoyant. It really didn't matter which."I met the woman of my dreams. She has it all," he told his workmate, who was halfway around the world."Easy killer. She's got to be smitten with you too. Is she?" Frank asked."How the h...

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Poltergeists' Embrace

It was a tempest that reigned supreme as the extreme fantasma in the old house. Books flew, shoes were moved and beds were unmade. At times, a faint laugh could be heard throughout the house.  Yet, despite all of the rumours and legends about the haunted house, Tommy and Pauline bought the house from Tommy’s mother.  Tommy and Pauline, young and swanky thirty-year-olds, had the world by the tail when they moved into the house with their three children. The threshold had barely been breached when Granny decided to play with them. Gr...

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Satan's Request for Starbucks

Tue, Sep 5, 9:00 PM (7 days ago).Even though she didn't think it was possible, there it was in her inbox: the message that broke her in so many ways.Listen up, the way you write stinks. Every chance I get, I make fun of them. You're an idiot. The only thing I like about you is that you worship me, so do that again. I can't take any more of your stupid nonsense. It wasn't so much that he moved on; people come and go, it was the way he did it that was brutal.The message came across as immature because it was told like a five-year-old. Its...

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The Yellow-Skinned Creatures

Red and purple confetti fell from the sky. Nobody knew why or what was being dropped because they were so small. That was the day the sun dipped below the horizon and then came right back up again from the west. Whatever it was took root and grew a few hours later. They looked similar to corn stalks. Corn was growing everywhere where there was dirt. Some of the residents took the stalks into their homes because the plants were so pretty. Near the river’s edge, three friends sat drinking beer and telling tall tales of conquest. When they...

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The Globe

Weekly Contest #213

“Look at you, Susan Blakely; it’s nice to see you this morning. What are you now, eight years old?” Mr. Martens smiled at Susan as she entered his Pawn Shop. “Hi Mr. Martens, I’ve come for a snowglobe, please. All the girls are getting together for a party, and we’re supposed to bring a snow globe with us. Do you have anything like that?"  ”Well, I don’t have a real snow globe, but what would you say if I told you I had something better?” “Oh, I don’t know about that. I mean, what is it?” “Why, it’s right over here. ...

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