Hazel Turner

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“Unscheduled stop” by Hazel Turner

Submitted to Contest #168

The train lurched to an abrupt halt. No screaming, no squealing of brakes, no almighty bang. None of the chaos or bedlam you’d imagine if you were in a rail accident. Just an unexpected, unusual, unscheduled and, for some, bloody inconvenient, stop. “Déjà vu” I thought, memories of a younger me flitting by as if someone had hit the rewind button on an old video, pausing for a moment on a delayed train journey i...

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“Job Done” by Hazel Turner

Submitted to Contest #162

Nettie slips through the door of the old bakery; closing her eyes, willing the smells of freshly baked bread mixed with cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger to fill her senses and seep into her hair and skin to savour the joy. She can almost feel the silky flakes of coconut caressing her fingers as in her mind’s eye she dips the small half sponges into apricot jam, rolls them in desiccated coconut, and sandwiches them together wi...

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“Doors closing” by Hazel Turner

Submitted to Contest #95

She fell into bed, exhausted. She couldn’t believe she'd had the courage to do this. “You need to start living again,” well –meaning friends had said, “you’ll survive. Don’t feel guilty. Treat yourself.” Indulging herself was not generally what Lucy did. She was a grafter, a sleeves rolled up, looking after everybody else, after- you, sort of person. But she knew that they were right. So, here she was a few month...

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“A Rose among Thistles” by Hazel Turner

Submitted to Contest #85

Hannah September 2020 I turn left off Gorgy road and pull into Springwell House. It’s been an exhausting day. The familiar smell of brewing hops hits me as I open the car door and walk towards the glittering sandstone   building. I love the smells of Edinburgh; each area different. The movers are just coming out as I reach the entry way, poised to enter my key code.  “Alright Miss Allen, that’s ev...

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Author bio

I am a retired headteacher, who has lived and worked in Scotland, the Gambia, Trinidad and now England. I love to write fiction, using characters I've met as inspiration. I have recently won a competition for a piece of flash fiction on the free flash fiction website.