Aliza Palmer

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2023

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“The Reflection of the Water” by Aliza Palmer

Submitted to Contest #196

February 2014: I stood there. I felt ill. I looked over and saw all these people counting on me. I saw Bea waving at me from the millions of spectators, I saw Anna, my coach, her eyes hopeful but calm, and then- I looked down, the blue water waiting. Waiting for me to take that leap, to jump. It sparkled, and I felt like I was about to pass out. I shouldn’t jump, something inside of me was saying ‘don’t do it’. But…I couldn’t let them down. Everyone was counting on me. So even though my legs felt like jelly, and I couldn’t stop shaking, I ju...

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“Mae goals.” by Aliza Palmer

Submitted to Contest #179

Therapy meeting #3 conclusion:“Write 10 resolutions for the year” . That’s what Jaina, my therapist told me at our monthly session yesterday. I’ve been going to her since….well, since…. Anyways, yesterday we were talking about our goals (like I have any) and she said that New Year’s would be the perfect time to write out some resolutions for the year and see if I can stick to them…... So here I am, on my bed, as usual. I have my torn-out paper from my broken little notebook-Mae gave it to me for my birthday last year, it’s all messy, but I c...

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Author bio

I'm Aliza, or Ali if we're close :) I love writing and reading-realistic fiction mostly, but I have a thing for historical fiction and time travel.