Angela Ginsburg

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2023

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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ā€œMay as Well Hang for a Sheepā€ by Angela Ginsburg

Submitted to Contest #207

Letā€™s just get this out of the way from the start: I am not a witch. I was doing a legitimate masterā€™s in medicinal botany when the war flared up and my lab was destroyed. I donā€™t practice black magic. Magic is not real, no matter what the modesty enforcers say to keep women in line.Ā I let my clients think itā€™s magic because science is the menā€™s realm theyā€™re trying to circumvent, and because Iā€™m only allowed to operate because the modesty force thinks I peddle wives tales and expired tylenol. To them itā€™s just tea leaves and hope, a wa...

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ā€œDespair is also a Thing with Feathersā€ by Angela Ginsburg

ā­ļø Shortlisted for Contest #206

CONTENT WARNING: This story contains themes of suicide and self harm which some readers may find confronting.ā€œHopeā€ is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul -And sings the tune without the words -And never stops - at all -And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -And sore must be the storm -That could abash the little BirdThat kept so many warm -Iā€™ve heard it in the chillest land -And on the strangest Sea -Yet - never - in Extremity,It asked a crumb - of me.--Emily Dickinsonā€œElodie, baby, Iā€™m just going to hide the knives. Iā€™m not j...

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ā€œUntithed Earnings for Starbucks and Smashing the Patriarchyā€ by Angela Ginsburg

Submitted to Contest #205

Iā€™ve never been that into weddings. Like when I was little I didnā€™t dream of myself in white and put my momā€™s sheer scarves over my face and take those weird steps where you bring your foot next to the first and stop before you take the next one. And now Iā€™m actively against them: theyā€™re this weird relic of a patriarchal society where the dad gives the daughter (whom he owns!) to the husband because he needs an heir factory and the dad doesnā€™t want to pay to feed the girl anymore. Nevermind the only reason he has to spend money on her is th...

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Author bio

This is my pen-name page so I don't get in trouble when my students google me, so expect all content here to be banned in Florida public schools and the like.

Shortlisted 1 story ā­ļø

Contest #206
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