Mary Winter

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2021

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“The Eyes of the Blind” by Mary Winter

Submitted to Contest #92

The light had failed a long time ago. The research, the injections, even the gridlines you had to look at to check if your macular degeneration was getting worse – all these had come too late for Vera. She was blind. Most days, Vera was reasonably pleased with how she was coping. Her long-dead mother, whose astringent voice she could still hear clearly, would have – mostly – been proud of her. She had learned to use a white cane, although combining it with ...

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“Risk” by Mary Winter

Submitted to Contest #91

Risk Bored bored bored. Martin was sick to death of his room. Why on earth had he picked that puke-green shade of paint? His parents had warned him he’d get tired of it – but even they could not have foreseen a time when he’d be spending fourteen hours a day in here. Every waking moment, apart from the one hour of exercise that they insisted he take outside. And meals, of course. Meals were a bit of a problem. Not that he wasn’t hungry; it was just that mealtimes involved sitting across the table from his da...

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