Marguerite Falck

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2022

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“Lapland Express” by Marguerite Falck

Submitted to Contest #168

The boy in carriage 7Did you know that there are two direct trains from Stockholm to Lapland every day?The landscape is ever changing, as long as we are talking about shades of grey.Looking out of the windows you will see Arlanda, Uppsala, Boden and Umea,all the way to the northern coasts and read houses of the arctic circle in Luleå.As he looked through the window, watching the lakes and cities pass by,he felt that he was living his own life behind as well, and with this, a high.All the spreadsheets and errors messages and system cataloging...

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“The memory lapse” by Marguerite Falck

Submitted to Contest #166

It happened one night, about three months ago, in the middle of a concert. My father had a memory lapse. But there's nothing tragic about that, you might say. A lapse in memory is human. Is it really the beginning of the end? How many billions of notes can a conductor have his orchestra play over the course of a career? If he forgets two, three or even ten bars, what does it matter? Why doesn't he look at his score? Well, let me tell you. First of all, you have to impose yourself on your musicians. The challenge is not insignifi...

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Author bio

Balancing Breton improvisation and German organisation. Berlin, Breizh, Corcaigh and anywhere with fresh oysters and good rainboots.