Joana Burrows

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“Just concentrate” by Joana Burrows

Submitted to Contest #157

It was going to be a horrible day. The teacher was making him play basketball in PhysEd class. It wasn't his thing. Not only was he an apartment child, with nowhere to practice, but he absolutely hated collective sports of every kind. Baseball, football, soccer, absolutely all sports. He tried to find the silver lining in the situation. His heart was in turmoil though, as was his brain. "Can't I practice running with the track team?," he asked. "Just give basketball a try, will you?" the coach answered. To make things worse, h...

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“Things will be greener” by Joana Burrows

Submitted to Contest #157

Things will get better once I’m out of this school. I seriously can’t take it anymore. It feels like nobody understands me here, everybody is always judging me. She thinks too highly of herself, they say. She thinks she’s so intelligent and pretty. I am, though. But I have no friends. I would give it all away for some friends. I know I’ll have friends in college though. They’ll be smart just like me. I’m so much better than these kids in this school. They’re so focused on sports, so superficial. College will be a dream. I will learn s...

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“Don’t you remember?” by Joana Burrows

Submitted to Contest #156

“Don’t you remember?” “I remember.” “Well, we suffered. I’m not going to say it was a wonderful and terrible time all at once. It wasn’t. It was just plain terrible.” “It wasn’t that bad.” “Yes, it was. You had postpartum depression, you could barely get up from bed at one point. You do remember you had to stop breastfeeding, right? Remember why?” “Okay, so I needed a few happy meds to help me a little.” “Antidepressants, Heather, strong ones.” “But I really want another baby.” “No, you don’t. You just want the ‘happy f...

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“Chocolate or vanilla?” by Joana Burrows

Submitted to Contest #155

“Chocolate or vanilla?” The fast-food attendant asked. Diana thought for a moment, decided her decision process was taking too long, and ended up saying, “You choose”. The woman looked at her as if she was crazy. Di noticed, so she said: “Surprise me,” which got her a smile from the woman. “Okay. This job doesn’t usually get me tiny powers like this”. Di smiled back. As she walked back to the dorms, she thought about whether to take the long way or not. She couldn’t decide, and it was making her nervous, so she decided to take the short...

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Author bio

Although I majored in engineering, I am currently a stay-at-home mother of one. I love reading and am giving writing a shot.