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Tonya Rangel

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2026

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The Passenger Seat Funeral

Weekly Contest #378

The bruise across Eric’s chest had darkened to the shade of overripe plums, an angry diagonal stripe that burned every time he reached to tighten his necktie. “You’re pulling too tight,” Clara said from the bedroom doorway. He caught her reflection in the oval mirror. She leaned against the doorframe, hands tucked into the pockets of the charcoal overcoat she always wore when the October air turned brittle. Her hair was pulled back into the loose knot she favored on Sunday mornings, stray strands softening the pale curve of her jaw. “If I...

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The Black Stone

Weekly Contest #376

The summer heat in the lowlands hung so heavy you could taste the dirt on your tongue. The sun was a dull, angry brass disk pinned to a pale sky, beating down on the dry creek bed that ran along the border of the reservation. Sarah wiped her hand across her dripping forehead, her throat raw and dry. "David, we shouldn't be over this fence," she called out, her voice straining over the shimmering heat haze off the cracked mud. "You saw the signs at the access road. This is sacred land. We aren't supposed to be out here searching for arrowhead...

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