Carol Styron

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2022

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“Strange Surroundings” by Carol Styron

STRANGE SURROUNDINGS“Did you hear that noise last night?” said eighty-three-year-old Florence Sachs as she hobbled on her cane. She spoke to her next-door neighbor Clara Feeley at 11:00 a.m. on a Sunday in a small suburban community.“I think you had too many shots of whiskey last night. Of course, I heard the noise. It was so loud, got me nervous, I didn’t go back to sleep until 3:00 a.m. this morning,” said eighty-four-year-old Clara. “To top everything off, I kept getting up every couple of hours to use the bathroo...

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“Lunch Time” by Carol Styron

Submitted to Contest #165

Lunch TimeEvery Saturday afternoon for the last fifteen years, they have been meeting for lunch once a month. That’s a lot of lunches, but for best friends that met in college and hit it off instantaneously, it was not enou...

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“Picture Perfect” by Carol Styron

Submitted to Contest #144

PICTURE PERFECT My earliest memory of my irrational fear of not wanting my picture taken was when I was in the 1st grade. One autumn day, my teacher, Mrs. Goosby announced that a class picture would be taken the following month. She insisted all the children wear their best outfits and groom properly. After her announcement, terror had struck me as the nerves in my body pulsed exp...

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“Love Is All There Is-Tailor-Made” by Carol Styron

Submitted to Contest #142

“Do you have a book called ‘Love Is All There Is-Tailor Made’ by Sheila Davis?” A twenty-three-year-old Marsha Hunter anxiously asked the 41-year-old librarian, Julia Russell. Julia looked over her black-rim glasses and then froze for a minute as she sat behind her desk at The New York City Public Library. Something about the young mixed-raced-looking woman seemed so familiar to her. It wasn’t just her appearance but her mannerisms and the way she spoke. It was eerie. After a ...

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“Only In My Dreams” by Carol Styron

Submitted to Contest #138

Only In My Dreams "I have been up for three days now; I am exhausted. I spent endless nights drinking black coffee, manically flipping cable channels like I was off my meds, all in an effort to stay awake. I had to stay awake, I couldn’t fall asleep or I would die!" My dilemma began one summer evening about 7:00 p.m. After watching a horror movie on an odd cable channel, my life was changed forever. The seven hours of sleep I manag...

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Author bio

Hello, Readers and Writers!! My name is Carol D. Styron, and I joined Reedsy earlier this year. I love writing short stories and longer ones; I've self-published three novels. I have been writing off and on for more than 25years. I've written, poems, short stories, and novels. Joining Reedsy has helped me get to keep my writing muscles flowing.