Caroline G

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2020

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“An Incident at the Hopscotch House” by Caroline G

Submitted to Contest #43

None of the guests at the Hopscotch House could have predicted the fall. Though, notably, this said more about the guests at the Hopscotch House than it did about the incident itself, which all in all was rather predictable. Ms Cavenworth was three glasses of chilled white wine in when she threw her decorative scarf off casually, attempting to glimmer with laughter as she descended the stairs. Four of the lanky gentlemen she was hoping to inspire were markedly not watching her, but rather the magnificent white chocolate fountain as it pou...

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“Clever cereal companies, and other thoughts.” by Caroline G

Submitted to Contest #42

Signs I am not doing well:I notice that I am eating five, six, even seven consecutive bowls of cereal even though I, after the second or third bowl, do not want any more cereal. I think it is the crunchiness, particularly when you can get that perfect ratio to milk – not in the bowl, though yes in the bowl – but in your individual spoon bite, that I’m after. I’m not sure. I reopen the cabinets, unfold the cardboard top, uncrumple the plastic, pour, reopen fridge, open milk, pour, as if I’m chain smoking, compulsive, needless, gross...

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“With Isabel” by Caroline G

Submitted to Contest #39

The marsh hummed and glittered and throbbed, it crooned and stretched and rumbled, and she could not notice. She flitted between darknesses through the fluttering of her eyes, from the immense blue-black punctuated by dots of light, to the blackness inside her eyelids, which dragged traces of the stars’ glow into her sight. Drops of dew constellated the outline of her horizontal figure. She cast a glance sideways.           “Please talk to me.”   &...

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