Barbara MacGuigan

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“Return to Shore” by Barbara MacGuigan

Submitted to Contest #238

Content Disclaimer: This work features the narrator living with suicidal ideation and depression. Return To Shore We rode your motorcycle along the coast as the wind whipped salt into our cheeks. My hair stung where it struck which only made the taste of the ocean sweeter. I would have asked where we were going if I didn’t know the answer.

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“Hands In the Rusting Highlands” by Barbara MacGuigan

Submitted to Contest #237

Content note: This story contains reference to financial entrapment, employer abuse, and mental control over another person's actions. References are also made to severe injury and murder, but the depictions are not graphic. Thank you! Hands In The Rusting HighlandsWe met because I needed a groom and you were available. You weren't impressive and didn't stand out particularly against the stable's other choices, but they were all busy.Running short on time necessitates compromise.I remember dismounting into a pile of leavings, I remem...

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“Something of a Reversal” by Barbara MacGuigan

Submitted to Contest #49

By half past eleven on pick-up day, it was clear that the most reasonable explanation for her mother’s absence was a horrific, deadly car crash. There was no word from counselors, no word of course via cellphone because she was not allowed to have one at camp. Being in backwoods Vermont, this had never been an issue before. There had been days where a call may have been nice. Her time in the infirmary might have been a ...

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“What We Notice” by Barbara MacGuigan

Submitted to Contest #40

If dogs have the ability to track snakes by scent, nobody passed the memo on to Baxter. We go walking in a wooded neighborhood daily, and, especially in the Fall, there’s always something of a chance we find a garter snake in the road. I can understand the appeal for a reptile sort of creature. I don’t think even your usual flat rocks get as warm as blacktop and the shit covers way more ground. If part of the road gets too shaded, the snakes can move a couple inches in any direction to find a warmer spot. The problem is until that spot c...

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Author bio

Hello, I'm an author. I'm very adept at talking about myself. See how effortlessly I describe My style and passions The narrative themes I enjoy Exploring. Instead of copping out with cheeky prosetry That tells you nothing Outside of that I am In fact Insufferable. -- I'm Barbara MacGuigan (She/her), and I enjoy character driven genre fiction that explores interesting worlds. Which is why I struggle with /i/short/i/ stories, which is why I'm challenging myself to be more active on here. Never get better if you don't drag yourself kicking and screaming through the motions of actually becoming the author you want to be.