Madelyn Fried

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2023

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“Possibilities ” by Madelyn Fried

Submitted to Contest #242

I never understood what people saw in modern art. I hated art museums as a kid. My parents would bring my brother and I to lots of museums, them being artists themselves. We would walk around, having deep conversations about every piece of art that we saw. My brother would get really into. He would quote Kierkegaard and Locke, as if it was a game to him. For me, these epiphanies, concepts, never came. All I saw was what it was. A starving artist doing their best to get by. My least favorite museums were modern art museums. At lea...

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“Mountain Picnic” by Madelyn Fried

Submitted to Contest #204

I never liked sand. It gets under your fingertips, your hair, and all over your darn clothes. My mother is constantly telling me to “brush that filth” off my dress, but it is impossible in this desert town. As Adam and I are walkin’ up the path, I can feel the sand diggin’ in between my toes. We stop in a clearing to shake the sand out, and we peer over the small town. I don’t got any memories before moving here, I was a youngin’. When we arrived, mother had gone to work in the saloon. In exchange, the owner let us sleep in the back wit...

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