Denise Brown

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

Stories (2)

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“The Shiver” by Denise Brown

Submitted to Contest #48

Amelia lay in her cot, her piercing blue eyes sharply focused on her mother’s wet face, leaning over the cot like a giraffe. Her mother’s tears, sliding down her cheeks and heading down her nose to the tip. Drip! Amelia, her tightly zipped sleeping bag and her velvet plush dog, Barney, were getting wet.“Amelia, you’re so beautiful”, crooned her mother. “I love you and your brother so much, it hurts deep in the pit of my stomach thinking of you ever coming to any harm. Now that I’ve brought you into this world, I see things in such a differen...

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“Clem's Cast” by Denise Brown

Submitted to Contest #46

“He didn’t even switch the computer on”, grumbled Agatha. “I’m getting really fed up with this, I just want to give him a damn good shake!” Aggie grandstanded, hands firmly on hips. She stood in front of the compilation of children’s books which took pride of place on the middle shelf of the bookcase, the books chronologically arranged in order of publication date. Twenty-four published books in total. She was rightfully proud of the role that she played in these stories but only Clem could bring her to life on the page. Agatha, ...

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Author bio

Denise writes fiction in collaboration with her trusty hound, Wilbur. His input is variable. Living in Australia’s tropical North Queensland provides a blissful backdrop for the creative mind. Daily beach walks are interspersed with self-taught crocodile avoidance, intravenous English breakfast tea and the occasional outpourings of prose.