Gail M Feldman

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

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“Taken In: A Winter Coat Tale” by Gail M Feldman

Submitted to Contest #271

I wanted to keep that coat. I guess it was a fair trade, though. Maybe not. It's not that I had a sentimental attachment to the coat; it was given to me by one of my old lovers, and to tell you the truth, I can't remember which one it was. It was either Jim or Lester. Both of them gave me clothing on a regular basis. I never asked. My other lovers gave me jewelry, or food, or nothing, as it suited them. I wasn't particular; I didn't choose my lovers, or allow myself to be chosen by them, in order to receive presents from them. It just worked...

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“If Thine Eye” by Gail M Feldman

Submitted to Contest #272

It's funny: I came home from Kabul intact and immediately lost my left eye. Five days home, three days drunk, went through a red light. Two little girls and their mother died; I live with that. Thanks to a sympathetic jury, I did no jail time, just had to attend classes, pick up lots of trash and meet with a probation officer, a nice young woman, married, of course, so nothing to do but joke around and be respectful. A year later, with the government still trying to decide whether to pay for a new eye, I stumbled out of my overpriced Brookly...

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