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Mira Lundy Cain

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2023

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Managing Up

Honestly, you don't need to keep suffering under that bad boss of yours. Let me tell you how my colleague Shyrose and I figured out how to manage up, so to speak. Just keep it between us.It’s unconventional in terms of career advice, but it worked for my team, and we’re a fairly well-known player in our industry. I’m only telling you because I trust you, and I want you to succeed where you are, too. I see myself in you, and I think the conditions are right for you to make a move.When we finally agreed to do it, we were both drunk. Honestly, ...

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The Detour

Weekly Contest #209

Neither of them could remember when the fog had set in. Was it before or after the car had veered off the shoulder? Had they seen it as they careened down the crumbling slope to where they were now? As they drove through a labyrinth of residential streets, it appeared to Douglas that they might never find their way back to the main road, the one which led out to the coastal town where they would kick off the first week of their retirement.“Take that turn, we haven’t been that way before.” Maribel issued the edict with a confidence Douglas co...

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