Helen Barber

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2020

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“An Ode to the Writer” by Helen Barber

Submitted to Contest #36

Dear Diary,Long time no see!I know, I know, it’s all my fault; I hold up my hands in shame.It must be what, five, six years, since I last picked up a pen and let all my mental conversations flow out onto the page. Not just for you, but rather for everything. Be it novel, poem or, yes, journal entry, I stopped it all. No words have emerged from my biro for quite some time, the ink now dried up, so consider yourself lucky, my old friend.I’m sure right now you’re complaining. Why? You ask, voice drawn out, like that’s of an old man. Why did you...

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“Judging a book by its cover” by Helen Barber

Submitted to Contest #25

‘The Nomad’s Guide to Free Living’Big black letters pasted onto a beige background. Minimalist. It matched the crystal white pages, lined with beautifully written sentences, ultimately made up of words that meant nothing and did nothing, except take up space in your brain that would be much better taken up by useful things like how to change a lightbulb or what are the best times to drive to avoid traffic. The words in that book couldn’t help you with things like that, but Beatrix supposed that wasn’t why she had come into the store in the f...

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