Karissa Walsh

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2022

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“Twyla's Picnic” by Karissa Walsh

Submitted to Contest #138

Twyla hobbled through the forest of Spanish moss draped oak trees, carrying a large sweetgrass basket tucked into the crook of her right arm. The wrinkled mahogany fingers of her left hand, grasped onto a tall carved walking stick, which she used to pull each of her ancient steps forward.  Eventually, she reached her picnic destination, and sat her old bones down on a tree stump near the edge of a lagoon. As she was pulling out miscellaneous items from her basket, a few algae-covered logs in the murky green water began to drift toward...

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Lover of fantasy, whimsy, and magic.