Barbara Arbogast

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2022

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“WINIFRED” by Barbara Arbogast

Submitted to Contest #274

“You’re blocking me.”Turning around, I saw the child-sized, wicker-backed chair had begun its slow, steady rock. The ancient oak didn’t creak on the dusty plank floorboards. For a moment, there were no sounds other than that of the little girl who pulled on my pants leg.The sudden movement startled me. It shouldn’t have. We were touring a haunted building in Virginia City. Almost all the buildings have a story to tell, a haunting to lure tourists in, or a ghost to appease.“Her name is Winifred,” said the tour guide. “She died here in the 180...

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“Living Fear” by Barbara Arbogast

Submitted to Contest #206

LIVING FEAR Gemma knew she was unique. Without fear and with no light, she investigated noises in dark corners of her basement. She couldn’t explain it, but she always felt odd. It was the whispers she heard in the wind. Little things animals and trees told her. Energy she saw and sensed between organisms, like spiderwebs connecting one being to another. Her differences she accepted no questions asked. Because not many people see the influence that connects everything, she rarely spoke of it to anyone. Gemma believed she was the only on...

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