Cindy Calder

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2021

Stories (77)

77 Stories

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“Parisian Encounter” by Cindy Calder

Submitted to Contest #93

Giselle sat at the small table in the bar at the Parisian restaurant where she waited for her date to arrive. Tonight’s party was in honor of Mr. Laurent, who was the owner and founder of Laurent’s, a large bookstore in Paris where both Giselle and Jacques worked. After twenty-five years, Mr. Laurent was retiring and allowing his son to assume leadership of the store. Besides employees from Laurent’s, other patrons who frequented the bookstore were also in attendance tonight.Paris was a very busy city, as was Jacques, and it was quite possib...

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“From the Shadows” by Cindy Calder

Submitted to Contest #93

Adrienne stepped onto the veranda. It was an unseasonably warm evening in February, and she needed to catch the breeze that came off the water. She had not yet danced, but her face behind the mask was still finely misted with perspiration from both the warmth of the evening and her nervousness, and she could feel small rivulets of the same running down between her breasts beneath the heavy eighteenth century costume that she’d worn that evening.The masquerade ball was hosted by her eccentric but dear friend, Angelique, this night in honor of...

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Author bio

From Charleston, SC. "I am still learning." Michelangelo