Amber Prohaska

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2023

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“Haunter of the Mansion” by Amber Prohaska

Submitted to Contest #182

Waaa! Waaa! Waaa! The dreams that we dream time and again bind us into our existing lives, in a weird, often overlooked way. We dream in nightmares and we see nightmares play out around us- shattered plans, large-scale disasters, kidnapped children, death, disaster, mayhem- and then we dream in nightmares. The circle goes round and round. Which causes which is a great mystery. Like skillful spiders, we weave our nightmares with our realities with such intricate details that soon, we can't tell one from the other. The beauty of childhood...

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“Mississippi Magnolias” by Amber Prohaska

Submitted to Contest #182

Every time Jenny Bennett smelled the sweet, airy smell of champagne it brought back the magnolia trees of the 1950s; it brought back the childhood that was ripped from her hands at the innocent age of 7; it brought back the little town of Natchez, Mississippi. Magnolia blooms used to be her favorite part of spring; now they were a gentle yet bitter reminder of what she had lost. “Life is nothing without love and forgiveness and the good Lord intended us to practice both ” her daddy used to say. She supposed that eventually, she would find fo...

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Author bio

Hello! I'm a really tired mom of 5 who needed a creative outlet! I'm a nurse by trade but writing was my first love. Who knew that 30-plus years into the future I would pick up my age 10 hobby again!? I love writing about the funny, contemplative, and raw emotions that this life throws at us all. Exposing the beauty in every emotion of the human heart is my goal.