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Summer Austin

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2023

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Why Didn't I Think of That?!

The phone rang and I woke up a little bit stumbling toward the receiver, and I answered the phone. Who is this? They said, this is your workers from your program, your mental health program. And I said, oh okay, I just woke up, I was trying to remember my dream, but it was something about like me moving or something out of here and they're like, oh did you want to move out? We can help you with that. And they said, but the reason for our call was we think you should graduate into the next level, stage of housing. Which is into an apartment o...

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Flow of Intuition

So I rode my horse in a Canter up to the hill's beginning and then hesitated, and the horse went, even shook his head in the wind and his mane flew all around; a Brown horse with a black mane and I tightened my grip on the reins, and I Tighten my knees' grip on the horse. And then we rode up the hill all the way up up through tall reeds, and then at the top, you could see over the whole city and almost to the other border of the neighboring state, and we just stood there and the wind blew our hair and the tree's leaves fell and flew around. ...

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Nobody Knows Me II

I went along, no one knew me and no one knows me now. I am a very private person. I went over to the store on the way home from school and got a candy bar that I enjoy. Then I walked down the road, a little more. My friend was down the road and I wanted to see him on my own. I walked in and they said, I need an appointment, so I left and then I vowed to come back tomorrow, but call first and then I decided to walk further down the road away from the direction of my house. I had never been this far before. This way down this road, the road le...

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Oh Diddly Do

So he went to the store and bought me a can of Pepsi, and then I said thank you, and then we sat down on the bench in the park, and we watched the birds eat the bread in the lake where they were fed the bread from the people that would throw it to them and some people walked by, some on scooters or bikes, and some had headphones and/or earbuds or were talking to each other loudly and happily, it was a nice spring day, and everyone was out. There were no fairs or festivals, but it was still a lively place, and a time in Park was just all that...

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5:00 and All's Well

So I was walking along and this guy asked me if I had a dollar. And I said, well, if I did, I would give it to you, but I don't, I'm low myself, and he said, okay, and kept walking, then on the way back from the store, I was 10 blocks away, I went the back way but I saw the guy again and he was picking up stuff off. The ground I had just actually got paidafter I went to the store, so I told him if he went with me, I could Get change and give him a dollar. If we went to the store and he said, oh, can you buy me something? I said, well, what d...

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Empty Pocketed

Weekly Contest #339

They were expecting a big storm and they were preparing by getting the snow blower working, and making sure the generator was in good shape. Because this part of the area of Nebraska was likely to get a big chunk of the storm. Soon, they woke up to 6 feet of snow and they said my, it looks like we're cramped inside for the day, so they made a cup of tea and they put the grits on the heat for breakfast. And then they sat around and told stories to each other, one story was about a man who could not find his way in the town and he was lost, an...

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Enter at Your Own Risk

Once upon a time there was a young lady who went to school and she couldn't find Her way out of the Cemetery. So she went to the stream where the woods came to an end in an abrupt part of the school, which was on the hill that shone down with the moon from the moon that would light up the night for her to go on, her leading her on astray on her trip through the cemetery and the school. Light was on in the top corner of the building, and she went to see what it was. By going through the back fire escape stairs, and the window was open and she...

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Trapeze Artist

Hello, I'm here to tell you that I am walking a tight rope between society. My family and the mental health system and I have by my side.\n My daughter's images in my mind of my imagination, but they are real people. So how are you today? I wish everyone is doing well. The difference between my family society and mental health is that mental health solves or tries to solve problems. My family just sticks together, and society works. Basically or tries to survive and take care of their children and live and thrive. So that's my interpretatio...

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Goodbye to Him

I rode happily my bicycle, turning the corner with a skid and a squeal, so I was going up to visit my stepdad's old house where I used to live as a kid and I was going up there to relive the memories and I went up to steep hill, walking my bike. And it was mid-afternoon And the lake was at the bottom of the hill down the road that we use to write a Canoe in and the hammock was still swinging from the trees outside on the lawn outside his house and the old junky car was still there and tree. Swing was still just slightly blowing in the wind. ...

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Crime on Hold

Am I digging up the past? If I try to find what happened in my criminal record, I asked the officer, yes, so it doesn't matter. I can't get a good behavior certificate. He said, no, that incident is long been sealed by the courts I said okay, and I walked out empty handed, I had done all the paperwork for them, but they didn't want to give me my good behavior certificate. So I was not getting what I wanted that would I Help me get a job that the lady had suggested. I get since I do have a criminal record but so goes to show something strange...

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Winding Down

So I went to the store and I came back and I went to town. And I wanted to have a frown and then I went to get down to the town when I went to find myself frowning around and then I wanted to go to school, but they always had broke the rule they didn't talk to me. They just balked at me and then they took a walk down to the park and then the people wouldn't let me in and the galleries. Block me when I email them to put my art in their gallery for a show. And no one wants to talk to me and they all run from me, but. Now, I think that I have A...

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Into the Realm of the Unknown

Well, there was a man on the trampoline, and he was bouncing so high that he kept bouncing higher than the last time every time and soon he went through a cloud. And he landed back on the cloud and stayed there, and then he said, wow, I'm stuck in this clowd, what do I do? I can't get down and then an Eagle came and picked him off the cloud. And dropped him into a lake on a different planet. And he said oh, where am I and I said in a booming voice. You are in Colorado new Colorado on the planet called.Tangerine land he said oh OKI can dig th...

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Entrance into the Unknown

Well, there was a knock on the door and little did we know it was a landlord, and he said we had to move right away, and actually we were very happy about that. So we all packed our bags and left the place that had given us so much doom and gloom, although there were happy times and excitable times we just felt like we were fish out of water in that area, the people walking by our house would complain about us being there or if we revved up our motors on our bikes, they would all complain and No one. Just a couple of you, friendly. People ar...

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Success is My Middle Name

"Yes, we have Jane Doe here to take the stage." Jean, the CEO of the company, handed the mic to me and I stepped up onto the podium with a little grin on my face, my speech was rehearsed a million times over and over again, and I was sure it would hit their hearts.I began with a sigh and then said, "Dearly beloved. I don't know how else to start LO. L, we are gathered here because we won the race. The contest, the competition we are number one in all e-commerce platforms," and everyone clapped and cheered for a minute.There were about 30 peo...

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I Can't Get Out

Here I am locked in the woods and I can find no escape.No matter which way I turned it's just more woods and leaves and little bunnies jumping around and little mice and owls and deer and bears.I looked up in the trees and once I found a fell kite.I saw a plane roaring by, way up above.I hear cars in the distance , but I can't get to them.Well, I guess I'll just make friends and see if I can eat leaves or something, I don't know what to do.The berries are good and the apples.I find here are fresh.I like walking in the paths until my feet tra...

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