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Marcia H.

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

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Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #52

I couldn’t believe my eyes. This couldn’t be. I actually pinched myself because I thought I was dreaming. He was dead. I know because I was there when he died. But, this man across the street looks just like him. He even has the same smile as him. I ran against the light, dodging cars to get to him. I had to see him close up. I had to touch him and to hug him. In my rush to get to him I lost him. I ran as fast as I could across the street and even pushed people out the way, something I never ever do, to get to him. But, where i...

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Fly Me To The Moon

Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #51

She hated the beep-beep coming from her phone to alert her that she had a message when she was in the middle of reading her favorite books. She didn’t want to stop reading but figured that it might be news from her sister who was 9 months pregnant and about to go into labor any second. She took her phone out of her pocket and glanced at the message. “I know that you only want to be friends and I am okay with that for now. Just keep our secret okay? I know that I am asking a lot but please k?” She looked at the number and it was her...

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When The Living Was Easy

Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #50

When The Living Was Easy When Jake brought his house five years ago he wasn’t married and didn’t have any kids. He only had one nephew who was barely two years old. Now, five years later Jake is engaged and about to be a dad to a bonus daughter who is 5 years old. Lila, Jake’s soon to be daughter, loved to play in his backyard. Jake couldn’t blame her much. If he were 5 he would love it too. It was a super big backyard with lots of grass to run and play, lots of room to have summer cookouts and even a basketball court near the gara...

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At The Plate

Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #49

At The Plate Flora found herself in the same position she had been in many, many times before. She didn’t like sitting in the hot sun but she couldn’t find any shade. Her long auburn curls were tied back in a ponytail and stuffed under her cap. The red and black shirt she was wearing in her opinion only made her hotter. She wondered why they couldn’t have planted a big tree for shade twenty years ago instead she felt like she was in the middle of a dessert. Waiting was no big deal for her. She waited for her baby brother to be born...

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A Girl Named Jusine

Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #48

Jusine loved going to the zoo. She had fond memories of her grandmother and dad taking her to the zoo when she was a little girl. She always liked to look at the different animals and sometimes she even got to feed them. That all depended on what animal though. Jusine wasn’t going near the goats. She had a dream that a goat with big horns and a bad temper bit her on the leg and she wasn’t taking any chances. Jusine twenty years later still waited in anticipation of the zoo being opened for the year. They closed the zoo in her town in...

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The Purple Fire Within

Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #44

She stood there looking at herself in the mirror and wondering what happened. She saw herself but then I didn’t see her real self. She didn’t see that carefree girl who enjoyed life and all it had to offer. She didn’t see the girl who would take chances, who would love unconditionally and was in love with life. What she saw was a woman who was beat down by life. A woman who had let people suck all the life out of her. Her smiles had turned into frowns and griminaces. Her hair was greying like her personality. She coul...

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The Man with the Crazy Hair

Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #36

The Man with the Crazy HairBy: Marcia HutchersonDear Diary, It’s 3 am and I can’t sleep again. I didn’t think we would meet again so soon after my last entry but yet here I am. I am wide awake. I tried to sleep, really I did but there is something worrying me. Something that I saw today kinda scared me. I told Harris about it but it didn’t seem to bother him. He is fast asleep and snoring loudly. He probably thinks I just have been watching too many crime shows and now I think that everything is a CSI show now. But, I don’t know. ...

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