Mandi Schrader

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“The Mother's Curse” by Mandi Schrader

Submitted to Contest #174

“I couldn’t believe it, Mom,” Ella said. “She's done the all things you expect at her age—picky eating, backtalk, drawing on the walls with crayons—but this was a whole new level. I walked into Charlotte's room, and her clothes were in rags—all of them. She’d got her hands on a pair of scissors and cut holes in all her jeans. She cut the sleeves off her t-shirts and—why are you laughing?” The breathless laughter through the phone grated on Ella’s nerves. “This isn’t funny. Do you know how much we spend on clothes for her? She outgrows them...

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For a really long time, I assumed I couldn't write a short story. Now I write them all the time. So by that same logic, I'll be finishing my novel any day now...