HM Schierloh

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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“Furry Comfort” by HM Schierloh

Submitted to Contest #187

Although “cancer” is no longer automatically synonymous with “hopelessness,” it still seems to embody a similar threat. A lot of people tend to shy away from facing humanity’s predestined end station in life as much as they prefer to avoid the very idea of “cancer.” Somehow, the same fears keeping them from coming to grips with the fact that none of us will live forever also cause them to ignore the possibility of becoming a “cancer victim.” Victim?—That label alone implies illness, helplessness, powerlessness, and even hopelessness—all co...

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“Lost in the Neighborhood” by HM Schierloh

Submitted to Contest #124

Lost in the Neighborhood by Helga Gruendler-Schierloh   In the days when I first became the proud owner of a cell phone, albeit one without all the computerized apps now so readily available, I was working as a bilingual administrative assistant for a technical company. One day, out of the blue, my boss asked me to deliver a set of machine parts to an automotive plant in a neighboring suburb.   And did I ever!  Taking into account that I had been living in the area for years, I should have had little difficulty t...

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Author bio

Helga Gruendler-Schierloh is a bilingual writer with a degree in journalism and graduate credits in linguistics. Her articles, essays, short fiction, and poetry have appeared in the USA, the UK, Canada, and South Africa. Her debut novel, Burying Leo, a MeToo story, won second place in women's fiction during Pen Craft Awards' 2018 writing contest.