Marianne Wieland

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

Stories (7)

7 Stories

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“Narrow Escape” by Marianne Wieland

Submitted to Contest #58

Narrow Escape Mildred was in her way home from work after a long day of working with school children. She’d been a volunteer at her daughter’s school for several years now, both on the play ground and in the classroom. Today she had, also, volunteered in the lunchroom. She was still picking spaghetti out of her hair. She loved working with the kids most of the time but her daughter was getting to that age now where ‘mom’ was more of an embarrassment than a comfort. That’s why Mildred had requested to stay in the elementary school fo...

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“Once in a Lifetime” by Marianne Wieland

Submitted to Contest #44

Once in a Lifetime He had been outside tending to the flower beds that were so important to her, in another lifetime. He wiped the sweat from his brow and with an unsteady gait, walked into the sitting room where he could watch her. She was sitting in her rocker, handmade by him, staring out the window as was her custom at this time of day. He sat in his easy chair and closed his weary eyes. He remembered the day he first laid eyes on her over forty- one years ago. She was beautiful in spirit. A real lady. She h...

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“Friendship & Love Eternal” by Marianne Wieland

Submitted to Contest #41

Friendship & Love Eternal Silently he sat. On the side of the bed. Watching the clock. Minute by minute. Waiting for the alarm to go off. Sleep had evaded him often the last few nights and he wondered if that might not be a good thing. He jumped as the music of John Lennon came over the clock radio. With resolve, he slowly stood up, ran his hands through his hair, and moved forward into his day. &n...

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“Remember When” by Marianne Wieland

Submitted to Contest #40

Remember When… Evan and Rob met at the entrance to the aircraft carrier, Nimitz, to plan the evening’s excursion. This was the custom of the 4500 men that were stationed aboard at the Newport News shipyard in Newport News, Virginia. Rob, an electrical technician, had showered and hoped to find female company for the evening and possibly, the night. Evan, a flight deck technician, was just hoping to unwind and find a place with less noise after a day of fueling jets. &nbsp...

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“More” by Marianne Wieland

Submitted to Contest #32

More He felt the difference as soon as he left the warmth of his car. He stood silently. Unwilling to move on just yet. He stood and stared out over the York River as he had so many times in his life, but this was different. Like a finger running up his spine and gripping his thoughts, yet he could not say where the feeling was coming from. This was where he had been coming since he was old enoug...

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“The Evil Within” by Marianne Wieland

Submitted to Contest #30

The Evil Within… I am here. With you. In you. Behind you. Everywhere and nowhere. Can you feel me? I never leave you. Ever. You know me. You always have. I see you look to the right. That’s it. I know you feel me. I see it in the way you walk. In the way you look behind as you try to pretend you don’t know I am there. I back off to give you enough space to think I might have left you, but in your mind, you know I am still there. Watching. &nbs...

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“Five Years Old” by Marianne Wieland

Submitted to Contest #29

Five Years Old She sat at the table for the seventh time this week refusing to eat. It was going on three weeks of this and her mother was at her wit’s end. She said nothing, but refused to eat or drink anything for hours on end. Her mother would wait it out, but nothing changed. Her father never said much about any of it, after all, she was only five years old. She would eat sooner or later. They would scream at each other over why she would not eat, not realizing ...

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Author bio

Currently, I am the author of five published books and one of the books is of short stories. I write contemporary romance and racy romantic intrigue. I am working on a book of short stories on suspense and dark comedy. Most of my books include some degree of mystery, comedy and, of course, romance.