Kristin Goode

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2021

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“The Memory of a Man” by Kristin Goode

Submitted to Contest #99

When he thinks about his father, he remembers Bethie sitting in the hallway of that abysmal hospital playing with her teddy bear. There should be more than just that memory, he knows, but they had never made memories worth keeping. Instead, he finds himself thinking about Bethie and wondering what she remembers of that day. He hopes that she has forgotten it even if he can’t. August, 1974 Mike hated hospitals. He stared up at the pink sandstone building wishing he had ignored the phone that morning. He kicked at a rock, sending it r...

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“Mildred's Room” by Kristin Goode

Submitted to Contest #97

Mildred’s Room It was much like it had been the last time Mildred was there. The walls were sparsely decorated with paintings of flowers and grassy meadows. A narrow wrought iron bed stood in the corner, underneath one of the two windows in the room, and covered with a homemade quilt in color blocks of pale yellow and pink. Next to it, a crude pine table with a delicate white doily covering the scars of daily use. The only other furniture in the room was a tall dresser, painted a fresh white to cover it’s age. It seemed as if time hadn’...

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