Carolyn Varvel

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2021

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“The Wall ” by Carolyn Varvel

Submitted to Contest #136

Write about a character giving something one last shot. The Wall I’m struggling here. My legs burn, my insteps and toes are cramped, my hands look like claws, my arms are shaking. I’m hanging on a very thin rope 45 feet up a climbing wall in the middle of a 3-story department store. I beat the wall with my left toe, searching for a toe hold. I shift my weight, push myself up the ...

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“When The Kids Know” by Carolyn Varvel

Submitted to Contest #100

Start or end story with two characters sitting down for a meal When The Kids Know by Carolyn Varvel Sue Carson whispered fugitively into her cell phone, “Are you sure? Do we really have to tell them? I’m not sure how the boys will take it.” She chewed her lip as she listened. She looked quickly around the kit...

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“I Remember: A Missouri Summer Slice of Life ” by Carolyn Varvel

Submitted to Contest #99

I Remember: A Missouri Summer Slice of Life “Mom, she’s touching me!” “He won’t move his legs!” Mom turns toward the back of the car, “Shut up! All of you! Go to sleep.” We three kids are stuffed into the back seat of our parents’ new ’56 Chevy station wagon as we barrel from a Colorado crystal blue afternoon sky to Kansas gray, headed for Missouri soggy. Air is hot and stuffy. Dreams of being held down, drowning, I wake u...

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Author bio

I am a free lance editor. I have my own epub company and have been working with authors from around the world for the last 10 years. All this started as a dare based on the "What would you do if ...." Not sure what I've gotten myself into with the writing, but I'm enjoying myself.