Madeline Stevens

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2024

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“the bridge” by Madeline Stevens

Submitted to Contest #267

Trigger Warning: Mental Illness.Thunder sounded above Susie, slightly rattling the glass windows. She had just got done wiping down the table from their last occupants that left minutes prior. They were used to storms like this in the midwest, thunderous, pounding rain that only locals could drown out. As she wiped the last crumbs onto her palm from the table, a flash of white moved through her peripheral vision.Susie whipped her head up to the empty streets expecting to see someone running in the rain, or nothing at all, or perhaps a car dr...

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“The Courageous Act of Accepting the Inexplainable” by Madeline Stevens

Submitted to Contest #255

Trigger Warning: Suicide, Substance Abuse, Mental Health.I died three times that day. The first was when my mother told me she had relapsed; the same drugs she used to go on a year long bender eight years ago. The second was when my husband told me he wanted a divorce. And the third was when I brought the pistol to my temple, and pulled the trigger. There's nothing much to dying. There was a moment of blinding pain, then I was ripped from my body. The actual feeling of being ripped from my body was similar to the twists and tu...

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I have a thing for doors.