Mel P.

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“Saving Brie” by Mel P.

Submitted to Contest #264

        It took four minutes for her to hear about Aunt Molly’s hearing aid failure, cousin Leo’s stroke, and three scandals involving a throuple, a divorce, and a widow. Olive smiled, the forced kind that fooled strangers and screamed insincerity at people who knew you, and she bobbed her head in faux interest. Hand in hand with her boyfriend of four months, her knuckles took on a shade just darker than ivory. Cas didn’t flinch, and she gave him credit for it. Once, he squeezed her narrow fingers, but...

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In a world of laundry, school schedules, and attempts to cook creative meals, writing is an escape. It allows for the creation of dynamic characters, and to put those characters in impossible scenarios. I am raising two wonderful teenage girls alongside my husband, and writing is my happy place. I am an aspiring author in my limited free time, and enjoy weaving tales of fantasy and horror that force characters to grow and change in their everlasting journeys toward happiness. Let's be real though—adversity and struggle make for a much more engaging story than a sappy happily ever after.