Madeline Allen

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

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“9-10-2001” by Madeline Allen

Submitted to Contest #36

9̶-̶1̶0̶-̶2̶0̶0̶1̶   9-11-2001 I can’t sleep tonight. I just laid in bed for the past hour, keeping the cats awake with all my rolling around and shuffling. Something just feels wrong, like when you get that sense that you’ve forgotten something but you haven’t got a clue what it is. I decided maybe I’d better turn on the light and write something out, because that might tire me out a bit, or at least calm my mind down to the point where I can fall asleep. At the very least, it should be better than laying in bed and listening to the cl...

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“We Never Started Counting” by Madeline Allen

Submitted to Contest #35

“--And be sure to turn the clocks ahead!” “Of course!” I yelled back down the hall. Cassie and I had lived together for over a year by then, and the rhythm of the evening in our house was a gently rocking waltz where the partners danced and slid around each other, on opposite but shared missions. One to the kitchen, one to the bathroom. One to finish the laundry, the other the dishes. Now, with the long, drab winter finally letting up, a new step: Changing the clocks. We flitted around the small apartment, turning gears and pressing buttons,...

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