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Lisa Devries

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2025

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The Hollow Hunger

Lisa Devries

Submitted to Contest #303

It had been six years since her world quietly collapsed. A slow, suffocating silence that follows death when the world forgets, yet you still remember. Every morning and every night. She wore her widowhood like a second skin, one that couldn’t be peeled off or outgrown. It had dulled her senses, her spirit, and even her sense of who she was. Friends had stopped checking in and sympathetic support had vanished. Life was moving on but she remained stuck. She mourned inside which kept her life on pause, muffled and a bit blurred.One evening, so...

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Why?

Lisa Devries

Submitted to Contest #302

For years, I asked: “Why?” Why, was I widowed at the age of 40? Why, was I left and abandoned to raise two children—age twelve and ten—alone? Why, was I entrusted to be the guiding light steering them through the uncharted waters of adolescence and their own silent and heavy ebb and flow of grief. A grief that I knew well because it anchors so deeply within the chest and remains hidden for as long as the mind remains unequipped to handle its messiness. I was 40 years old, a wife, a partner, a mother of two children—ages twelve and ten—an...

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Lost in Translation: A Neurodivergent Journey Through Life

Lisa Devries

Submitted to Contest #302

I was ready. Probably more ready than I have ever been before taking a final examination at the end of a semester. Taking exams, any exam, tend to be an anxiety-invoking trigger for me. Even when I feel competent in my understanding, there’s always some small, lingering doubts that finds a way in. I am grateful that my professor had granted me the extension. It felt like a gift—one that allowed me a little more time to prepare and catch my breath. As the clock ticked away, I again began feeling both anxious and ready, so I decided to si...

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The Value Beyond the Shine

Lisa Devries

Submitted to Contest #300

The earth whispered in her ears:"Do not seek only that which gleams. For the truest treasures are those that have endured the seasons, whose worth is not lost, but transformed.” This message did not arrive with the vibrance and brassiness that would be impossible to miss. Instead, it was delivered in a more muffled and subdued manner that felt a bit worn and weathered. There are moments in life when one must be open to receive the gentle whispers that often are not audible to the ears, yet they find alternate paths to resonate the spirit....

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