Kristy Schneider

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2021

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“The tea that saved my life” by Kristy Schneider

Submitted to Contest #287

“Can I offer you a cup of tea love” a kindly voice said to my left. I jumped, startled. I looked up and could barely make out the figure who had spoken to me from my swollen tear soaked eyes. I shook my head and kept walking. I was fourteen years old, what I would want with a cup of tea I thought. I turned left at the next intersection. The voice of the lady played on repeat in my mind. I had few recollections of an adult speaking to me like I mattered that the times it occurred I would keep locked in my brain like a protective comfort blank...

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“Just one suitcase” by Kristy Schneider

Submitted to Contest #286

The lid of the box was hard to keep shut, it wouldn’t stop shaking and rattling, I was used to this but it never got any easier. I was just better at keeping hold of it now. The force inside was fighting with every ounce of strength it could muster. The box was only just bigger than the palm of my hand and yet it felt as though it held the weight of the universe. I pinned it down onto the table with my full weight. Claire was able to tie the red ribbon around it. She started to hum, jingle bells, the box slowed the sound draining its energy....

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