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Robert Childress

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2020

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Thanksgiving

Submitted to Contest #93

Thanksgiving I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.                                                        - Edgar Allan Poe     The nightmare had begun one crisp November morning in 1978. It had been a Wednesday, and B...

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The Fields of Friendly Strife

Submitted to Contest #80

The Fields of Friendly Strife "Upon the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that, upon other fields, on other days, will bear the fruits of victory." -- General Douglas MacArthur   With considerable fanfare, Mrs. Bryant pulled the blank cover sheet from the bulletin board to reveal their latest hero for study – the famous black American athlete Jesse Owens.   “Does anyone know who this man is?” Mrs. Bryant asked as the children gazed at the color...

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Heads or Tails

Submitted to Contest #56

Heads or Tails A Short Story Copyright © 2020 Robert T. Childress All Rights Reserved     “Heads, we get married; tails, we break up.”     Before Laurie could accept or decline the deal, another mortar shell exploded, much closer than the previous one.  She and Tommy both got small. Getting small was what you called it when you were receiving incoming fire and you tried to make yourself as small a target as possible. In this particular situation, that meant getting as low as possible i...

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