Karen Derenbecker

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2023

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“A Dear Ron Letter” by Karen Derenbecker

Submitted to Contest #252

A Dear Ron Letterby Karen Davis  Dear Ron,    Bear with me as I have chosen to write a letter to say all that needs to be said. This way there is no possibility of being interrupted or persuaded. I write strictly from the truth that is mine to own.    I remember the first night we formally met. I had seen you at gatherings thrown by my parents and parents of various friends and relatives. You even visited my neighborhood from time to time invited by some boys I grew up with including my older brot...

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“Life Can Be Rough” by Karen Derenbecker

Submitted to Contest #202

Life Can Be Rough by Karen Derenbecker This addresses unseen abuse where there is no physical evidence.  It was late. The taxicab at the airport won. There would be no Uber or Lift today. Ally wanted a piece of what used to be. The driver placed her luggage in the trunk as she waited outside the cab. She entered the car after him, nearly forgetting to give him an address. She did so with relief in her voice.     Claire was finishing fussing with the guest bedroom. She held the frame with her favorite photo of the...

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“Coming to Peace” by Karen Derenbecker

Submitted to Contest #201

Coming to Peace by Karen Derenbecker      Slavka (name meaning “she who achieved greatness”) was just a teenager when the time came that she had to secretly leave her beloved city of Prague and her much cherished mother, father, and brother behind for her safety. She had grown up with Hitler’s Nazi occupation from the age of six turning seven until the age of fourteen. Prague, a city of deep beauty with its landscape, architecture, culture and Prague Castle where Hitler in 1939 declared that the Czechoslovak people...

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I am a writer here to explore the intricacies of what strikes a reader then carries them along to a desired completion of the written work before them.