Helen Anderson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2023

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“One Can Only Hope” by Helen Anderson

Submitted to Contest #235

One Can Only Hope They thundered down the final straight. The crowd leapt to their feet, clamouring to see the finish. The horses, their gleaming coats dripping white foam, nostrils flared. Jockeys in brightly coloured silks waved their whips in a flurry. Louder… Faster… The grandstand erupted in unison as they flashed past the post in a blur of colours, horses and whips. Then it was over. The young strapper, buzzing with adrenaline, retrieved the winner. The filly shied away, startled by her excess energy. By her side, Suzanne Smith, ...

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“Don't Go Back” by Helen Anderson

Submitted to Contest #221

Don’t Go Back Trevor was up early that day, just like he was every other morning. He threw on his hi-vis shirt and long, blue work pants. You know the type, with the yellow reflective strips around the bottom. His steel-capped boots were stained with the undeniable evidence of years of hard work. The logo on his shirt read … “Thomas Constructions.” After brushing his teeth, he crept silently into the kid’s rooms and planted a loving kiss on each of their foreheads as they slept. I waited in the kitchen wearing my dressing gown and slip...

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“A House Called George” by Helen Anderson

Submitted to Contest #221

A House Called George She had spent most of the day painstakingly sweeping away more than one hundred years of cobwebs from the high ceilings. They had shimmered, wave-like in the breeze. The resident daddy long-legs spiders up there were the biggest ones she had ever seen. Her curly red hair, normally very neat and tidy, was now messy and covered in dust and cobwebs. Her face, smeared with brown streaks, where she had wiped away the sweat. The glass louvre windows were coated in so many decades of dirt, you could barely see through t...

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