Alyse M

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2020

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2 Stories

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“Cherry Pie” by Alyse M

Submitted to Contest #38

I admire my pie sitting on the window with pride. I’m probably the only person who still cools her baking by the window, but it was how my mother taught me when I was a little girl and if I had a daughter of my own, it would have been how I taught her. I sigh, saddened at the thought. It had been decades since I gave up the idea ever starting a family of my own, but the absence still stung like a fresh wound. When I was little, I wore my mother’s wedding veil and pranced around with a white bed sheet pinned around me. I treated my dolls as t...

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“Lost Stone, Found Self” by Alyse M

Submitted to Contest #37

Something was wrong. Like a scale with half a gram too many herbs on one side, I sensed a subtle imbalance. I couldn’t explain how; it was a skill the universe bestowed upon me and through years of study and intense meditation, I sharpened. I heard Vera padding along the hallway. I adopted her at the same time I moved into my apartment building. She’s a beautiful jet black cat who was abandoned on the side of a road. Three years ago, to the day, I was on my way to view this place when something inclined me to pull over. Sure enough, on...

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