AshleyAnn Barnes

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2022

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“Lessons From My Mother” by AshleyAnn Barnes

Submitted to Contest #139

March 6 Dear Diary: I should be reading for my evening class, but I can’t concentrate. I think I fell in love today! I saw him from across the quad while I was walking to class. He is tall and handsome, with blonde, surfer boy hair and a smile right out of a magazine. I could see his blue eyes all the way from where I was standing. He looked like Prince Charming! We made eye contact. I smiled at him and he smiled at me and ooooh! It was just like out of a movie. He was with his friends so he didn’t approach me and I didn’t dare approach...

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“I'll Be Home for Christmas” by AshleyAnn Barnes

Submitted to Contest #138

“She’ll be home tomorrow?!” he exclaimed, bouncing in place, his lanky little body half in and half out of a pair of red and white striped footed pajamas. His mother had had them delivered to him for Christmas (Love, Santa the tag had said, but he knew better) and he refused to wear anything else. He was eight years old and slight for his age, but his energy was palpable as a burgeoning storm. Together, we had been working on getting ready for bed for at least an hour, but it seemed we had made very little progress. As he bounced, the lit...

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