A Pattenden

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2023

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“Purple Lilacs” by A Pattenden

Submitted to Contest #186

“Hi Mom.”“Oh my baby boy, look at you! I swear, you are more handsome each time I see you.”“Sorry it’s been so long since I last visited. Life has been, well, a bit hectic. I think about you a lot though, I hope you know that.”“Of course I know that. I’ve never doubted it, honey.”“Here, I brought you flowers… Purple lilacs from our old back yard. I figured I’d bring you a piece of home out here, brighten up the place. Whenever the lilacs bloom, it makes me think of you - you were always pointing them out when you looked out the window in spr...

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“The Visitor” by A Pattenden

Submitted to Contest #184

THE VISITORMother is nowhere to be found, so I take my place in front of our guest and smile as graciously as I can. After the last few weeks of violence, fear and upheaval, this moment of social formality is strangely comforting. I pull absentmindedly at one of my two long braids, which hang over each shoulder. I can’t wait to turn sixteen next week and I can finally wear my hair in a low bun like a lady, like my older sisters who have married and moved away. I think about them often, I do hope they are safe. Sister Brunhilde just...

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