Marcia H.

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

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117 Stories

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“Barn Doors” by Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #95

What do you do when you think you’ve lost your mind? There it is again. The doors are there again and now the footsteps behind the doors are ringing in my mind. I can’t make it stop. What is happening to me? Who or what is behind the doors? Someone please make it stop. Make the footsteps stop.  I raise my hands and scream to the heavens in the sky to make the doors go away and the noise stop but it is useless. Nothing stops. It never does.  The red door is on the right. The yellow door on the left. It is always the same. The door...

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“To Catch A Killer” by Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #94

“ Look, I don’t care about your territory. I’m here for one reason only.” She said not caring. Samatha was so excited to spend the day with your best friend, June. They had been friends for just about half of their lives. They met in high school, in Mrs. Tea’s English class. They laughed so much in class that Mrs. Tea threatened to send them to the principal's office on more than one occasion. But, they didn’t care. Samatha believed that you only live once and you only go to high school once so you better enjoy the ride. So, they continued...

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“The Reluctant Entertainers” by Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #93

You are invited to a party given by: Elsie and Carol. This is no ordinary party. The goal of the party is not a flawless dinner party like the ones you are probably all used to and a lot of you went to one last week given by people who shall remain nameless, buy “yawn”. This party is a celebration of life with people we love and like. We will be telling stories, while enjoying the flavors of good food, wine, beer and all the other wonderful flavors which nurture our souls. The date is next weekend, on the 8th, the time is 8ish. Please RSVP o...

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“Project D” by Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #92

She has known the dark. She has lived in the dark but she refused to stay in the dark. She has fought her way out of the darkness before and today was no different than before.  Lydia met him two years ago. She knew the minute she saw him that it was love at first sight. At least for her it was and later she learned that he felt the same way. She needed him. She needed him to tell her she was beautiful again and needed to feel wanted. He did that to her and so much more. He was everything her ex husband wasn’t. She was what he needed ...

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“Silent Voices” by Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #91

“Attention library patrons. The library will be closing in five minutes. Please take your books to the check out desk and exit by the front door. Thank you for choosing the Heart Light Library, your friendly neighborhood library. Good night, good people.”  That was a familiar voice that greeted all the library patrons each night at 8:55 pm and it was also Ron and Julia’s cue, the two security guards to get ready to make what they call the rounds. Each night after the library closed and all the employees and the people were gone Ron an...

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“If Only” by Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #90

He turned to look at her and noticed a familiar sadness in her eyes. He knew that the sadness was permanent. There was never again going to be a light of happiness or a glow of happiness that she once had. It seemed so long ago now. They are now in their 70’s. They are old enough to remember a different world, a world unlike the one they are living in now.  The year is 2051. His wife, Sharona, can no longer open the windows in the morning to get some fresh air, there is no fresh air. Everything might look normal. The weather may look ...

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“Breaking Good” by Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #89

It was time. Gilda looked up at the clock and counted down the minutes. In a few minutes her best friend, Delta would be here. She was ready. She knew that Delta would not like what she had to say but it needed to be said. Gilda glanced up at the clock one more time before she sat down in her yellow and white reclining chair in the living room.  Delta got dressed up in her white and blue sundress. It had to be at least ninety degrees outside and it was only May. She dreaded to think how hot it would get in the summer. She grabbed a pa...

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“Zelda The Ordinary Girl” by Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #88

Imagine it’s 2035 and you look inside your coat pocket and find a rhinestone covered mask with a design of a pair of lips smack in the middle of the mask. You smile and think what a decade that was.  Now you are a princess living in a world where you have to put on  a full suit made of industrial materials and a gas mask just to go outside to make your way to the corner store for a snack. You hope that you don’t have to kill any zombies along the way. Princess Zelda is living in this world. She is alone. Her mom, Amy was killed a...

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“No Foolin'” by Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #87

The sun peeked through Faith’s bedroom curtains and woke her up from a not so deep sleep. She yawned, covered her eyes with her hands and rolled to the side of the bed and carefully searched for her slippers with her feet. She grabbed her robe from the end of the bed and carefully looked for any signs that her family was playing April Fool’s jokes on her as they always did in the past. She looked for any fake ink on the floor, artificial spiders in the doorways and windows, plastic snakes dangling from the closet, rubber rats in the hallway ...

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“Silver Trowel” by Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #86

“What do you think?” Thema looked at her friend, Drea as they looked at Thema’s garden in the front yard of her house. “Thema your garden is beautiful. Do you think that you will win the Silver Trowel award this year?”  “I am going to try. You know that Ayanan has won it five years in a row and I am so glad that she is not entering this contest this year. It’s time to give someone else a chance.” Thema replied. Drea was so jealous. The only thing that seemed to grow in her garden was weeds. She would give anything to actually grow...

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“Fresh Starts” by Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #85

The hardest thing she had to do that day was to swallow hard, tuck away her pain of deceit under her ribcage and wait until  she found enough courage, forgiveness and peace.  She was hoping she could find some peace here in her new apartment in her new building. She hoped that Apartment 3F would bring her some sense of normal back into her life.  It was October 4th, 1977 and Katrina was more than ready to move forward after divorcing her husband of 8 years. That was the biggest and hardest decision of her life. She had to do...

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“A Different World” by Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #84

I hate white walls. I never did like them because they reminded me of  a hospital and I hate hospitals. I hate the smell, the color, the beds and especially the food. It was ironic considering where I was and had been for a long time. “Miss, can you hear me? Miss, can you talk?”  I looked up into a pair of green eyes blinking rapidly. I had no idea what voice was behind those eyes asking me what I thought was a stupid question. Of course, I could hear them and could talk. Why were they asking me such stupid questions? I wanted ...

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“The Decision” by Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #83

The legend of Goddess Lafatina was told to Eurdell by her great grandmother, Lucy, when she was eight years old and now at the age of 40 she was actually going to the ocean where Lafatina was actually “living” for millions of years. Goddess Lafatina was born millions of years ago in a tiny town called Sabrina. No one knew exactly where the town of Sabrina was. No one could find it on any maps in ancient times but that was the story. Lafatina was “gifted” she could see into the future. She would walk around the tiny town and feel and sense ...

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“One Kiss” by Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #81

Aretha sat in front of her computer and slowly turned it on. She never thought she would be sitting in front of a computer trying to find a date at 58 years old but here she was. Her granddaughter had told her about a site for “old people” as she put it. Although Aretha didn’t think she was as ancient as her granddaughter thought she was, she agreed to have her granddaughter, Adina, help her make a dating profile. Aretha didn’t think anything was going to come out of it but she was tired of being alone and tired of not having someone other t...

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“The Best Winter's Day” by Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #80

She will never forget that day. The rain beat down on her bedroom window and the wind was howling through the one tree that was in her backyard so hard that she thought that the whole tree would come through her window. She scooted to the end of the bed and winced when the coolness of the floor touched her feet. She slid her pink bunny slippers on feet and they flipped and flopped as she walked towards the bedroom window. She pulled the ivory white curtain back and took a peak. She thought that the rain would never stop. She took a deep brea...

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