Mary Ellen Hulburt

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

Stories (6)

6 Stories

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“Never Again” by Mary Ellen Hulburt

Submitted to Contest #98

Ellen sits at the table drinking her coffee, waiting for the mailman to arrive. At the moment it is silent, the children are at school. Ellen's thoughts are roaming at the moment, the excitement of another letter makes it impossible to do anything. With Joshua gone to fight in the military, these letters are precious. It makes life a little easier, they are the only thing that proves he is still alive and well. After the mailman, and the letter read, Ellen goes about her day. It's the usual things that keep you sane, the cleaning and ...

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“Outside My Window” by Mary Ellen Hulburt

Submitted to Contest #97

Its 3am on a sleepless night. The kids are in bed, and my husband is snoring like a bandsaw. I fixed myself a cup of herbal tea, thinking that maybe it would help me relax enough to sleep. Insomnia is a usual event lately. I struggle often with this obnoxious, invading event. As the tea pot on the stove boils, the hissing sound brings me back from my thoughts about what will I do tomorrow. Which, by the way, was really today. I laughed quietly to myself. It seems like an every night event, but this night seemed more disturbing than th...

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“The Dreaded Sun” by Mary Ellen Hulburt

Submitted to Contest #92

The Dreaded Sun Oh my goodness! Again I have to go outside, and I dread every morning. I need to get ready to go to work and I have to get up extra early to get ready for the start of the day routine. You see, I hate the sun, and everything that has to do with it. I myself prefer the gloomy, cloudy days where no sun surfaces at all during the day. So much to do before going out into the dreaded sunshine. It is so uncomfortable to my skin, my face gets red and splotchy. So my routine I have developed seems to help, but sometime the every da...

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“Survivor Mode” by Mary Ellen Hulburt

Submitted to Contest #77

Its a cold snowy day in this busy hometown. Everyone is taking a vacation of one way or another, either locking themselves up after getting supplies, or going out-of-town. Myself, I am going to a cabin the the woods my parents own. I have had my fill of the job I was in, the stress was enough to drive anyone into a killer mode. All the time the thought of knocking out my boss then laughing all the way out the door was appealing at the time, so yesterday I decided a road trip was in order. I packed for the snow of course, all the clothi...

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“The Trip of a Lifetime” by Mary Ellen Hulburt

Submitted to Contest #74

Its very quiet in this room of my home. I had just returned from the park after being in a Doctors office this morning. The news was not good, according to the many tests and results that ensued. I have been sitting in the park on my favorite bench watching the squirrels play in the trees of green, and the pigeons eating popcorn that was given by a woman probably in her seventies with grey hair put in a bun, and a dress that moved about in the wind. On the other side of me was a gentleman that was reading the newspaper of the day, and s...

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“The Sweet Taste of Autumn” by Mary Ellen Hulburt

Submitted to Contest #63

As we got into the car in the early morning, anticipating the long ride, we made sure to bring our morning coffee and some snacks to eat while traveling to the orchard. It seemed like both my oldest daughter and I have been waiting for this moment all summer. The trees along the side of the road was slowly turning the colors of fall, the reds and yellows glowing in the morning sun. As we started our journey, the streets were empty of cars, but inside the car there was laughing at each other, singing loud enough that we were sure the truckers...

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