Gloria Murray

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2021

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“TWINS” by Gloria Murray

Submitted to Contest #196

1240wds TWINS Walking on legs like a zombie, eyes clouded with the film of tears, throat with a large pit stuck inside causing me to swallow over and over, I moved slowly toward the casket shrouded in white gauze...

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“TWINS” by Gloria Murray

Submitted to Contest #146

1102wds TWINS Walking on legs like a zombie, eyes clouded with the film of tears, throat with a large pit stuck inside causing me to swallow over and over, I moved slowly toward the casket shrouded in white gauze...

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“MASKING UP” by Gloria Murray

Submitted to Contest #123

MASKING UP I opened my eyes from what seemed a deep sleep. Strangely, I was wearing, as I had been for almost two years, a Covid mask. Sometimes it seemed like an appendage, not just a covering, but a part of my face. But since I lived alone and when not in...

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“WHAT I COULDN'T SWALLOW” by Gloria Murray

wds.1222 WHAT I COULDN’T SWALLOW Today’s the day I change. After thirty years of having this irrational, debilitating affliction, I decided, and with the help of many years of therapy, to grab it by its throat and choke it out of me. Funny, I should use that wordage since that was the crux of it—a significantly strong fear of swallowing and choking which followed me through all my years. It wa...

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“TURNING IT AROUND” by Gloria Murray

Submitted to Contest #103

Gloria g. Murray- wd ct.1010 &nb...

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Author bio

Gloria g. Murray is a member of Poet’s & Writers Inc. Her poetry and prose have appeared in journals including The Paterson Review, Poet Lore, Bardic Echoes, Third Wednesday, Adelaide, Dash, Flapperhouse, and others. i I I am the winner of the 2014 first prize Anna Davidson Rosenberg award, Poetica Magazine and third prize recipient of the 2017 Writer’s Digest Poetry contest and have stories and essays in various literary journals.