Emily Bishop

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“Familiar Strangers” by Emily Bishop

Submitted to Contest #168

The buildings were an imposing wall, blocking out the view of the next street over, their tops sharp and angled as they scraped the slate gray sky. They loomed all around the train, like doleful canyon walls scrutinizing a snaking basin river, but Diana Carmichael had to wipe the tears from her eyes and the fug of her breath from the window to see them at all.She had never ridden the train before. It felt strangely cathartic, like a baby being rocked to sleep after a terrible crying jag. Steel on steel rumbled beneath her feet. The train’s j...

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Thanks for taking the time to look at my profile. I am a homeschooling mother of one and live with my husband and young son in Tennessee. I love to write but have always had trouble with putting my stories out there into the wide world to be read by others. I'm hoping that by joining Reedsy and participating in the short story contests, I will gain the confidence I need to become a better writer.