Christina Cooper

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2023

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“The Hero ” by Christina Cooper

Submitted to Contest #218

I could hear my heart slamming against my ribcage at a hundred miles per hour. My breaths were slow, steady, and forced. I had to concentrate with every ounce of my being to remind myself to breathe. In and out. One. Two. Three. Four. In then out. Just like my therapist taught me. The locker room’s clock ticking sounded like thunder in a library. I focused my breaths in and out with the rhythm of that clock, hoping it would quiet down just a tad. My sweat burned my eye as it dripped from my forehead. Tears were nowhere to be found and frankl...

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“Swamp Gas ” by Christina Cooper

Submitted to Contest #213

           “What in the world is that?” I asked as I pointed toward the sky.           “What are you looking at?” He glanced up, squinting his eyes against the sun. “Whoa.”           “Yeah. But what is it?”           “I don’t know. I can’t tell if it’s like a weird cloud or if it’s… something else.”    &nb...

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“The Poplar Tree ” by Christina Cooper

Submitted to Contest #212

The Poplar Tree Christina Cooper January 16th, 1952 Dear Jane, I have got to tell you something huge, but you can’t tell anybody. Remember when we were talking at Christmas and you told me that this was my year, that I would fall in love? Well, I think you may be right. I’ve always known him a little bit, or knew of him, he works for my Pa. His Pa works for my Pa too! He’s a bit older than me, he’s probably 21 or 22, but it’s not that much difference. I’ll be 17 in just over a month anyway. It’s not like we really talk that much, but I d...

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I'm a licensed mental health therapist, wife, mother of 4, grandma of 2, and writing is how I cope. :)