Clowning Around the Truth_Shy Temptress_Today The Phone Won't Ring_How Swift Charger Did Not Win
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Clowning Around the Truth
Reedsy Prompt #256 Liar, Liar Clowning Around the Truth It was around 11:45 when Pablo dashed out to his truck to flip a foil-wrapped burrito bottom-side-up on the dash. He wanted it to cook evenly by noon when he planned to devour it. Joe was just pulling onsite with his “Hot Grub” food truck. Pablo would order a side of Spanish rice to take home to Tweezer, an aging Australian terrier, and Joe would make at least one sale. Grabbing a chilled bottle of water from a small ice chest, Pablo shoved the truck door closed with his elbow just as the truck parked next to his fired up. As a rule, no ...
Shy Temptress
“Are you coming tonight?” While the answer to that should’ve been obvious to Marie since she had just asked Ella that same question before they left work, Ella simply replied again, “No.” “And why not? I mean seriously Ella; you’ve only ever been out with me once or twice since moving back home last year.” Ella sat on her bed removing her shower cap and grabbed her lotion and started moisturizing. It was a rough day at the office with all the lines in their recent app’s code being messed up and jumbled by one of the new rookies. The last thing Ella wanted to do was go out f...
Today The Phone Won't Ring
Today the phone won’t ring.She checked as soon as she woke up. Dead breath in her mouth. The guy next to her--an aberration. He should have gone home. She made it explicitly clear to him that under no circumstances could he stay the night. He said he just wanted to rest his eyes while he waited for his Lyft. Now here he is. He’s upset the balance. She should beat him to death with the coffeepot, but that would only derail the morning further.Once he’s up and out (“I’ll call you when I’m back from Fiji. Big things going on there. Really big. Can’t even talk about them.”) she checks her email. S...
How Swift Charger Did Not Win the Yacht Regatta
John Green, semi-retired owner and part-time proprietor of Green’s Convenience settled back in his chair and tried not to let the reporter understand just how much he was enjoying himself.“That’s www.onedoor.cca great question,” he said, failing completely. “We’ve been here since the beginning, my daddy before me, and truth to tell John Jr. mostly runs the place now, but I’ve been sitting here the best part of my life. I seen everything.” He nodded towards the picture window of Green’s Convenience. The store was on a slight rise across the street from the water, and the view was spectacular.The journalist n...