Camille Alfred

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2020

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“It's Time for A Change In Fashion” by Camille Alfred

Submitted to Contest #145

It’s Time For A Change in Fashion          Camille Alfred I have spent the last three years working in the back room of the store.  I have sewn hems until I can’t see anymore and I have done alterations for too many people who just don’t care enough. This week my apprenticeship is over and I get to move to the front of the sewing department.  “Madeline! Madeline? Are you still here?” I hear my friend, Sarah, calling me. It is the end of our week and we are going to celebrate. “I am here, just cleaning ...

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“The Mystery Heart” by Camille Alfred

Submitted to Contest #133

The Mystery Heart Camille Alfred I made the first payment on the house. I moved in on Sunday afternoon. All of my belongings were being delivered on Monday, but I was anxious to get settled before my new job started. I was alone for the first time in my life, no family, no boyfriend and no husband. A widow, with no children.  I checked out the kitchen, the counters needed to be cleaned and one of the drawers was ajar. It wasn’t that way when I looked at the house a month ago. I opened the drawer and realized it was stuck fast. I o...

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I am a teacher, mother, grandmother. I am an avid reader of fantasy, fiction, science fiction and history. I like to write short stories and poems.