Carol Sanders

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2019

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“Backwards” by Carol Sanders

Submitted to Contest #31

Barbara wondered when the feeling of having been punched in the stomach would go away.  Maybe never. Or maybe in a few months, after her brother-in-law Richard was expected to die.  Ever since his cancer diagnosis, that punched-in-the-stomach feeling had gripped her as much as the melanoma that clung to Richard’s liver.  Treatment was not working. Fifty-four years old and probably wouldn’t see spring.Richard always called her “Bob.”  When his son Matt was three, he had struggled saying R’s and had pronounced her name “B...

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“Perplexed” by Carol Sanders

Today was weird. I don’t get it. A bunch of people all together, but they didn’t seem very happy about it. I didn’t get to have any fun. First, we went to church on a Wednesday. Mom put on my dress with the big bow, and those hard shoes, and Bryce and Matteo had to put on good clothes too. Daddy held me for a long long time while people stood around. I had to say hi to a whole bunch of people. It was almost like a parade. I knew some of them, but not many. Grandpa was there, and Uncle Richard, but not Grandma.&n...

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