Maya Thornell-Sandifor

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2023

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“The Ancestors” by Maya Thornell-Sandifor

Submitted to Contest #189

It was so terribly cold. Snow was falling, and it was almost dark. They came in the night. And it was for that reason Sarah lit every lantern and candle in the small cottage. She sat directly in front of the wood-burning fireplace. A blanket and the warmth from the fire cut the chill.  And then there it was…the stirring of wind, the hum. To those who didn’t know, it was just a winter wind rustling through the forest. But she knew different.  “He is my refuge and my fortress, My God in whom I trust…,” Sarah whispered the prayer ...

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“In Her Honor” by Maya Thornell-Sandifor

Submitted to Contest #188

Jesse was a bundle of nerves. The Annual Lawyers Committee awards were a big deal. And tonight for the first time in her 20-year career as an attorney she would be winning the Ruth Bader Ginsberg award for the outstanding female attorney. It was an honor to be receiving an award named after her idol. But she had mixed feelings about the existence of an award that was gendered. Why couldn’t it just be the Ruth Bader Ginsberg award for an outstanding attorney, period, with no identity qualifiers? She was one of three women equity partners in h...

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