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Suzanne Cushman

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2023

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Dolly and Linda

Submitted to Contest #288

Dolly and Linda I am not a sheep person, but I love my friend Linda and she loves her sheep Dolly, so I feel a connection when I see one.  Small flocks of twenty-five or fifty sheep find plenty to eat on the grassy, boulder-studded hills near our home in the country. Baby lambs alternate between grazing and playing hide-and-seek around the outcroppings of moss covered rocks and old oak trees. Soon after the new lambs appear in the spring, bright yellow mustard shoots up, blanketing the low hills along Highway 1 from Petaluma to the c...

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The Villainous Micky Elwood Shakes Up the Town

Submitted to Contest #254

In small towns everywhere, there’s always one of each. The tiny village of Twisted Creek isn’t any different. We have one person to chair meetings. That’s Dave. One to fix anything that breaks. Always Jim. One person to explain the hard stuff. That’s Arnie. Virginia organizes social events you look forward to, and Sally organizes social events you dread. And, of course, there’s one bad guy. Ours is The Villainous Micky Elwood. Micky has a perfect track record. Without exception, he has managed to wrong, scam or offend every person in this co...

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