Deanna Smith

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2021

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“The Monster Behind The Mask” by Deanna Smith

Submitted to Contest #123

Trigger warning ~ (References to abuse, addiction, suicide attempts, mental health struggles) She made him a Long Island Ice Tea and he went home and told his mother he was going to marry the bartender.  It was her first summer as a full time resident of the small fishing village she had visited frequently in her youth.  Her children in another state for a summer visit with her ex had her enjoying a brief reprieve from full time single mom life.   As for this Long Island Ice Tea drinking customer, she wasn’t...

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Heart of an eternal wild child in a fairly well preserved middle aged body, teller of truths, mother of four very cool adult humans, madly in love with a singing sailor, believer in kindness, lover of music, animals and nature