Maddy Faggioli

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2020

Stories (2)

2 Stories

43 karma pts

?

“a lover, she is kind” by Maddy Faggioli

Submitted to Contest #72

The hardest part of grief was the way it demanded your attention and focus. Ruby had lost a lot of people, she was accustomed to the background noise that grief provided. Most recent to exit her life via the Grim Reaper was her dog, Honey. It happened suddenly. Hit by a truck. Total accident and wildly out of the blue. She didn't have time to prepare for the loss of her young beagle, she had only gotten the puppy a couple years ago. So when the poor teenage driver knocked on her door sobbing apologies, every loss that she had suffered hit he...

0 comments 0
Read story

“Old Man Fishing in the Moss” by Maddy Faggioli

Submitted to Contest #70

He still couldn’t decide how to put it in words. Drowning in ferns but wishing it was water. What’s the difference really, between water and fern? He thought the answer obvious, he was a fisherman after all. He couldn’t remember a single thing about fishing yet his muscles seemed to conduct themselves. Clearly proving they were more useful then his mind on any given day. He weeped, though he couldn't remember the reasons for that either. It irritated him for a while. It felt uncomfortable, best described as itchy. His ideas of why he cried s...

2 comments 2
Read story

Author bio

I started this account as a way to connect with other writers and get feedback on my work. As a young writer I'm always looking for ways I can improve, so please don't hesitate to share your thoughts.