Maddie Culwell

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2022

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“The Coldest Season in London” by Maddie Culwell

Submitted to Contest #163

Mommy always says not to worry whenever I hear the radio talking about bombings in London. “There’s another London on the other side of the world, my darling. Far, far away from this London,” she always tells me. I really want to see this other London. I wonder if it’s just like my London but upside down! Every night, she leads my sister and me to the Tube with the pillows and blankets that we are able to carry. I always beg her to let us sleep in our own beds; it’s cold at night and though we wear our jackets under our blankets, I can neve...

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“The Misery in El Rábano” by Maddie Culwell

Submitted to Contest #162

Luis grabbed the menu the waiter had placed in front of him. His week had been particularly hard and he had been looking forward to this dinner for a long time. He was at his favorite restaurant, El Rábano, the only place in Huntsville where he could get an authentic Mexican dish that wasn’t sold out of a truck or some woman’s apartment. He didn’t get to come to El Rábano often; his wife, Taylor, was from a highly anglicized suburban neighborhood, and she had been raised to believe that Mexican food was the food of poverty. Luis had explain...

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