Mary Evans

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2020

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“Phoenix” by Mary Evans

Submitted to Contest #100

The chair beneath Sarah Marino squeaked with age as she lowered herself onto it. In front of her, on the warm wooded second-hand table they had bought at Goodwill, were three plates filled with the warm food she had made. Being lazy and seventeen, she had only learned how to make a few dishes (omelets, spaghetti, stir fry), and so the pile of eggs and broccoli on the plates had already worn her taste buds of any flavor they could possibly have had. She was waiting for her father and little brother to come out of their rooms, though she didn...

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“Quiet Screams and Sun Streams” by Mary Evans

Submitted to Contest #100

Eating dinner in a clean house was always cathartic to Wilson Rose. The warm silence peppered with the clinking of forks against plates and interrupted by his mother’s idle chastisement of her coworkers. He liked the way the air filled the room more than the furniture, the way moonlight or sunlight or shadows filled up all those blank spaces. He liked the way he had lived here forever; memories could be found in any dent or scratch on the table.“Are you ready for your finals?” His mother asked, and Wilson chewed through his slight anno...

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“Room 414 of Addell's Hotel” by Mary Evans

Submitted to Contest #84

This is the story of room 414 in Addell's Hotel. It's on the fourth floor with a view of the cracked parking lot. The window sits above a dusty radiator and is framed by two thick brown curtains. There's an old orange armchair with grease stains on it. It's frayed on the armrests and it's little wooden feet are chipped, eaten away by years in this room.The bed is creaky and has one decorative pillow. It's orange, but a darker orange than the armchair. Above the old headboard (it's been cutting into the faded striped wallpaper, but most peopl...

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