Maleigh Mcguinness

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2021

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“Chocolate Strawberry ” by Maleigh Mcguinness

Submitted to Contest #96

Mama hasn’t been home in days and I’m starting to get worried and hungry. She left me with a box of Cheerios and half a loaf of bread. The Cheerios were finished yesterday and the bread the day before that. My stomach rumbles, begging for something to fill it but I know that I will go to bed just as I did last night: Hungry.  My stomach is still howling when I curl up in Mama’s bed with my tattered baby blanket. Her mattress smells like cigarette smoke and sweat. The wine stains on her pillow cases are soon joined with tears as sobs sh...

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