D.S. Cannon

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“The Day my Mother Disappeared” by D.S. Cannon

Submitted to Contest #285

I remember the way the grass glittered and sparkled in the crisp February air when the woman that I once called my mother, but now only call curses in my mind, brought us on the porch to tell us the news. The words each fell like atom bombs sprinkled into the fragile life of a six year old child and I fixed my watering eyes on the cracks in our porch, trying not to cry. “I’m leaving,” she said casually. “Moving to Idaho. And I’m going to start a better family and you’ll never see me again.”  My first grade vocabulary wasn’t ro...

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D.S Cannon is a passionate creative that has been spinning stories her entire life. She is an avid reader and writer who strives to immerse her readers into the world she's created. She is currently working on her first novel and dabbling in both short stories and poetry on the side.