Cecilia Baker

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Clear Sky, Dark Clouds” by Cecilia Baker

Submitted to Contest #234

“We have all the time in the world.” Emma looked at the screen, Earth spinning helplessly, months fleeting by like seconds. Its beautiful blues and rolling greens were no match for the small, rocky planet on the screen beside it. The sunlight reflected meetly off the ashen surface. Its small hills traded colors from brown to black. It was a stark difference from inside the outpost, where the fluorescent lights we...

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“Looking Different” by Cecilia Baker

Submitted to Contest #202

“Are we at the wrong wedding?”There was no point in denying it any longer. Violet looked way different from what Clara remembered. She didn’t think Violet even remembered her, let alone the rest of her friends at the table. They were in different classes, physically, socially, and economically. She wouldn’t have gone if the baby skin invitation didn’t reek of an open bar.“Why do you think that?” Max asked. “She looks pretty normal to me.”“Do you ever remember her being super religious? Or that blonde?”He shrugg...

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“Pink Water” by Cecilia Baker

Submitted to Contest #46

The best writing advice I had ever received came from my then wife, Susanne Newman. She was a fifth-grade writing teacher, incredibly diffident, and graduated at the top of her class. I graduated with an English degree and only a handful of scrapped short stories. With no money to our name, we married silently and moved to a mobile home park with a view. It sat close enough to the ocean that the smell of salt woke you...

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Author bio

Space Sciences Ph.D. student using writing as a hobby to keep her sane.