Caroline Conner

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2022

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“Murphy Road” by Caroline Conner

Submitted to Contest #169

The ground crunched under Cassandra’s feet as she marched across the thick layer of frost spread over the grass, deeply settled from the hard freeze the night before. As she kneeled into its unforgiving chill, she hears it again. It is an ungodly sound, something she would imagine hearing while burning in the fires of hell. With everything in her, she wishes to ignore this sound; yet she cannot. A six-month-old little girl sleeps soundly inside, and she needs a protector. If not for her daughter, she could never be this brave. Turning on t...

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“Seven Days to Know You” by Caroline Conner

Submitted to Contest #168

Staring out the window of the train, Sammie observed the scenery as it rushed by. It was early fall, the ideal time to be traveling through North Carolina. Though she had not been many places in the world, she doubted anything was as beautiful as the fiery shades of red and orange draped over the trees outside. Try as she might to enjoy it, a glumness now clung to her. Only a couple hours into her trip on her way to meet her six-month-old goddaughter and visit her best friend after a long year away, she received a phone call that they were ...

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“Tricks of the Mind” by Caroline Conner

Submitted to Contest #167

*This story contains references to mental health, substance abuse, and suicide. * It was nearly midnight when Crystal stepped out of work that night, exhausted both physically and mentally. She had not been serving at the steakhouse for long now, but the hatred for the position had seeped in before the interview had even begun. Falling from the top of one’s dreams is never an easy thing to endure she supposed. Pickings were slim, though, and the bills did not stop rolling in just because her life was not going the way she had planned. For ...

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Author bio

My name is Caroline Conner. I am twenty-eight years old, born and raised in Eastern North Carolina where I come from a long line of commercial fishermen. I am engaged to an exceptional man whom I share an amazing three-year-old boy with. When I am not reading or writing, my passion lies with the outdoors. My happy places involve anything from roaming aimlessly in the woods to diving into the salt water on a hot day.