Alexandra Shewmaker

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

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“Constellations” by Alexandra Shewmaker

Submitted to Contest #51

I stared up at the night sky that was freckled with bright stars. My heart was racing in the pit of my stomach, and I was mindlessly shaking my foot from side to side nervously. My chest felt tight, and something was doing cartwheels inside my stomach. On second thought, maybe something was karate-chopping my stomach from the inside. I couldn’t really tell what was going on down there. In my head, I felt like someone was playing the trumpet as loud as possible, like someone was trying to make my head hurt. I took one long, deep breath like ...

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“Not a Little Kid Anymore ” by Alexandra Shewmaker

Submitted to Contest #43

I held on tightly to my mother’s hand as we began crossing the street that our church stood at the end of. I could feel the nervous sweat from my palm meeting her warm and soft hand, and I suddenly felt very ridiculous. I was eleven years old. I was basically a grown-up, and grown-ups don’t hold their mom’s hands when they cross the street. With an urge to redeem myself from this humiliating display of immaturity, I tried to pull my hand from my mothers. Her warm and soft hand did not budge, and instead, my mother’s hand decided to tighten i...

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