Christine Leaf

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“The Plagues” by Christine Leaf

A wind chime tingled softly from the eaves of a large house, carved into a dark green hillside. The sound echoed throughout the brick terrace below it, worming its way on the wind into the waiting ears of a woman standing at the edge, overlooking a village below. She didn’t turn her head at the sound, though it pierced through the silent air, causing one of the cats to scurry through the wide-open patio doors, back into the house. The woman stood still as stone and listened to the wind chime. This was her first time ever hearing it. The ch...

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“Ruby in the Ashes” by Christine Leaf

Submitted to Contest #78

I come home every day to scratches all over the walls. And once a week, I fill the scratches in with putty that I have tinted to match the color of the paint on the walls. And once a month, I re-paint the walls to smooth out the putty-filled scratch marks. This is only in the living room, though. It’s because Ruby flies through the living room everyday when she is not in the basement. Ruby is my cardinal, and she is as red as you can imagine a bright red to be. She brings much needed color into my home. The basement is where she stays most o...

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Video Journalist Reading, writing, hiking