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Rick Pascal

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2019

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Phoebe's World

Weekly Contest #187

Note: This story contains mild scenes of a sexual nature. It could be rated PG-13 Rick Pascal © 2022 About 2800 words 38-35 Brookside Avenue Fair Lawn, NJ 07410 201-791-9526 201-208-7191 (cell) rickpas@optonline.net Phoebe’s World Phoebe coaxed the grungy white stray, offering him a discarded scrap of salmon that she retrieved from the garbage can in the alley behind Alvin’s fish market. “Here kitty, kitty…come to momma, you sweet little pussy cat.” To say that Phoebe loved cats was an u...

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Is That You?

Weekly Contest #54

IS THAT YOU? by Rick Pascal “Harriet… is that you?” “Who said that?” she answered, turning around. “It’s me, Freddie,” he responded. “Oh. My. God,” Harriet replied. “Is that really you? I hardly recognize you.” “It’s me, all right,” Freddie said. “You’ve hardly changed at all. Still thin, still pretty. Still the same Harriet from high school. How do you stay so young?” “It’s been decades since I saw you last, Freddie. Seems like you put on a few pounds. Then again, so many of us have. I like the way you shaved your head and grew that ...

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The Woods

Weekly Contest #37

The Woods by Rick Pascal Living “Off the Grid” in the woods gives me and my family the freedom to be ourselves to the fullest. No government intervention, no religious restrictions, and only the limits of nature in her beauty and grandeur to follow our hearts, minds and our own sense of morality and justice. Which, if I do say so myself, enables us to live in peace and harmony with our fellow woods dwellers who have taken up residence alongside us. We relish the smell of the outdoors, living with the Earth, so to speak. Our neighbors are cl...

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Five Summers

Five Summers by Rick Pascal We are the sum of our decisions. With that thought in mind, I often reflect on how I arrived at the present stage in my life; how the decisions I made during various stages of maturity and personal development – the whims, the follies, and the intellectual considerations - gave rise to the person I am today. One such reflection leads me to the summers at the onset of my teenage years, five of which I spent in summer camp, although the last one fell just beyond my time as a teenager. I think of those summers with a...

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Lost in the City

Weekly Contest #27

Lost in the City by Rick Pascal Melvin and Shirley Melvin Addler awoke to the glory of a beautiful, sunny June Saturday morning, the first day in the new apartment on 81st between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues, on the Upper West Side of the city. He sat up in bed, stretched his arms over his head and yawned, that wake-up yawn that clears the head after a solid night’s rest. He removed the sleep sand from each eye with his pinky finger then gazed with wonder at the woman lying next to him, still asleep, her long blond hair curled around her...

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The Woods

Weekly Contest #12

Living “Off the Grid” in the woods gives me and my family the freedom to be ourselves to the fullest. No government intervention, no religious restrictions, and only the limits of nature in her beauty and grandeur to follow our hearts, minds and our own sense of morality and justice. Which, if I do say so myself, enables us to live in peace and harmony with our fellow woods dwellers who have taken up residence alongside us. We relish the smell of the outdoors, living with the Earth, so to speak. Our neighbors are close enough to share our fe...

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Money Hungry

Weekly Contest #12

Money Hungry Charlie Flunk was a victim of his name. As a child, his grades in school were barely mediocre. During recess he was the last boy chosen for every team sport, if he were chosen at all. He was bullied at school so often that he frequently feigned sickness in order to stay home. As a teenager he had a horrible acne condition and his overall appearance was sloppy and unkempt. He had no friends. He was never invited to parties. Girls avoided him. Boys made fun of him. He didn’t attend his high school prom. Everyone who knew Charlie ...

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Hell of a Time

Weekly Contest #8

Rick Pascal (2019) 38-35 Brookside Avenue Fair Lawn, NJ 07410 H (201) 791-9526 C (201) 208-7191 rickpas@optonline.net (Approx. 2060 words) Hell of a Time Father Gregory smiled as he gazed out upon his Sunday morning flock. It was an unusually hot day for early June, not yet summer but already the temperature in the heartland was pushing ninety degrees. Many of the women were swishing home-made fans in front of their faces; men had loosened their ties and opened their collar buttons, to no avail. They were suffering in the ...

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