M D Smith

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

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“I Don't Remember” by M D Smith

Submitted to Contest #255

Amidst the steady beep of the machines in his hospital room, “John! John, can you hear me? Can you open your eyes?” Nurse Ratcliff squeezed the patient’s hand and watched the eye movement from beneath his closed lids. Then a fluttering, and finally his lids opened, and he tried to focus on the uniformed nurse in front of him. “Uhhh… yuhh…yeah,” he mumbled. “Wh…where…” “Where are you?” the Nurse said. “You’re at Memorial Hospital downtown. You were hit by a car and brought here unconscious two days ago. You had a bad blow to your head from no...

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“Valentine Chemistry” by M D Smith

Submitted to Contest #81

I was married once, back when the earth’s crust was cooling. I was in love and loved him --- until he left me with a house mortgage and a broken heart. The shell on my heart hardened as the ice age arrived. I’m independent now and enjoy my career as a chemistry teacher at the local college. Being the same age as my next-door neighbor, she’s always trying to find me a guy. “Frances, you can’t stay hemmed up in that school and grading papers at home all your life. Why don’t you date? I know you turn down offers. Go with us to the neighborhoo...

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Author bio

M.D. Smith lives in Huntsville, AL, and has written over 150 non-fiction short stories for Old Huntsville Magazine in the past eighteen years and over 250 short fiction stories in the past five years. Nationally published in Good Old Days and Reminisce print magazines, Like Sunshine After Rain short story anthology, and digitally in Frontier Times, Flash Fiction Magazine, Bewilderingstories.com, and more. He’s published three romance novels and three flash fiction collections. His hobby is Ham Radio and talking to the world on voice and digital modes. Website: https://mdsmithiv.com/