Madelaine Roberts

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2022

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“Friendship” by Madelaine Roberts

Submitted to Contest #143

Marcy collapsed. Eternal spinning, her limbs became liquid, nothing making sense, she flailed aimlessly in mind and body and then a chemical numbness took over.As she woke up it was, briefly, in the warm cocoon of normality – the whimsies of her small-town rural life cushioned her … cooking, cleaning, protecting her son Luke and tiptoeing around her husband Mike. Then, reality hit.“Marcy, honey, it’s Bella here” cold fingers clutched hers, attempting intimacy.“What are … why are you here?” she mumbled. Marcy had not seen her rebellious siste...

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“Silence by Madelaine Roberts” by Madelaine Roberts

Submitted to Contest #142

Hogart finished his latest attempt at writing. The price for this traitorous behaviour was silence – he had somewhere quiet, and no other biological did. People think they can withstand constant loud sound – they cannot. It drives you quietly mad, even if you do not see it coming. You can only know yourself in silence and if you never have that you will go insane. Of course, he thought about it but self-preservation is a biological imperative, he thinks. The drones seemed, to Hogart’s already over stimulated body, to be screeching louder t...

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“Me (or not) by Madelaine Roberts” by Madelaine Roberts

Submitted to Contest #141

I knew I should listen, if only to myself, to the signals my own body was sending me if not to the cacophony of well meaning ‘friendly advice’ bombarding me from all directions. Apparently, my children are being appallingly let down … I am setting a bad example, I am being selfish with our limited finances, I am making their lives infinitely more difficult due to the embarrassment of having me as a mother, I am unable to adequately cater for their needs.  When this angle of attack does not seem to provide the requisite emotional (...

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