Georgia Blair

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2023

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“A Real Head Turner ” by Georgia Blair

Submitted to Contest #211

At 82, Miss Callie Sue Alderwhite saw no value in wasting time to make up her mind; if she was going to do it, she needed to get on with it. Still, she couldn’t quite bring herself to do it.       The years had faded her once glowing skin to the brittle texture of fine old notepaper, like the last few sheets in the stationery box she kept on her nightstand. The pink peony-patterned box was her hiding place for a few special treasures: some beauty creams and cosmetics, a whisky flask, and the gold bangle brace...

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“I Know Your Secret ” by Georgia Blair

Submitted to Contest #207

Rain beaded and trickled down the cold glass of the bistro’s front window, distorting the street and city skyline. Cecilia watched the taillights of cars leaving the theatre district. Her breath fogged the glass while the last fuzzy points of red light bobbed away in the darkness.   No one else would come into the bistro tonight. Not in this weather. “I’ll close,” she told the cook, and he nodded, already untying his apron. Thunder rumbled and sheets of rain lashed the front window, rattling the Behind the Scene...

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Author bio

Georgia Blair is an award-winning journalist who was 15 when she wrote her first Associated Press enterpriser. Since then, her articles have appeared in many newspapers, magazines and trade publications. She previously worked as an editor for The New York Times company and served as Media and Content Director for a large consulting and outsourcing firm in the home health, hospice, and behavioral health space. Blair is new to fiction writing. Her short story placed third in the August 2023 5-Day Creative Writing Contest sponsored by The Writer's College.