Amelia Marriette

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2022

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“Waterfalls and Wanderlust” by Amelia Marriette

Submitted to Contest #171

I ain't never wanted to gad about and visit no weird places; I like the comfort of me own bed. People like to tease me and tell me that I've lived a narrow, little life. But I never thought so. I've 'ad a happy life.[1]When I opened me curtains today, I 'ad a real shock! There, on the block of flats opposite me kitchen window, was a massive great, big waterfall! I don't mean a real one, course not; the Council wouldn't stump up for that, now would they! Some idiot, or more likely idiots, painted it. It wasn't there yesterday. They ...

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“The Seed of Rebellion ” by Amelia Marriette

Submitted to Contest #153

In 1968 I was a fresh 18-year-old Austrian girl, straight out of a Catholic convent school, alone in Paris. I was still sleeping with my legs curled up in bed at night because I had been told by the nuns that God was always with me, so I gave him room to sleep with me at the bottom of my bed. I think that's why I'm so small, my legs had no opportunity to grow. *** I got a job working for an airline in Vienna because my dream was to travel around the world, starting with Israel and touring the Middle East, but I hated the job, was a...

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Author bio

I am British but I live in Austria, I have written several plays and a book of non-fiction called "Walking into Alchemy: The Transformative Power of Nature" which was recently translated into German (as "Alchemie des Gehens"). I want to tackle a novel next. In the meantime, I'm really loving using writer's prompts. I love walking, cooking, gardening, audio in all it's forms, and Shakespeare!