Melinda Madrigal

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

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“A Letter From the Past To The Future” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #146

To my future self, Marisol I don't know how the future came out for us. I hope it came out great. I hope you are having a lot of good times. We had great times during our younger years. I hope the future turned out better fo us, better than the past. Remembering the past is easy and I sure do hope you remember our past. Remember all the good times we had. The summers we spent with our family and friends. The vacations we took. Remember even the bad times. The lost friends, the lost family members, the lost jobs. Writing this letter, ...

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“Invitation To A Dream” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #145

"Miss Brianna Logan, you are cordially invited to this years annual Carnival Ball. The theme for the Ball is bright colors." I'm here in Rio for the first time to experience Carnival and I get invited to the most extravagant Carnival Ball. Am I reading this correctly. I'm invited to the hottest party in the entire world. I don't have the words to explain. Me Brianna Logan invited to the Carnival Ball. Wow, this is so cool. Now I just have to figure out what to wear. The theme for the ball is bright colors. I have to come up with the mo...

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“A Journey to the Past” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #144

I've always wonder what the past was like. How the people lived? What they ate? What clothes they wore? What books they read? The past is fascinating. The past has a way of capturing your imagination. My favorite time period is the 1920's, the golden age of Hollywood. The movie starts of the past were glamorous, from the dresses they wore to the makeup they used. 1910-1960 is when the golden age of Hollywood took place. The 1920's was a fascinating time. The decade when sound was first introduce to movies, then we have the 1930's when ...

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“Campground Mystery” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #143

Two years earlier Three best friends Emmie, Theo and Cassie head to North Pines campground for a weekend of fun only to never be seen or heard from again. The search for Emma, Theo and Cassie went on for two weeks, no sign of them has ever been found. Those who go to North Pines for a weekend of camping are haunted by the disappearance of the three friends and they never last the full weekend. A sign is posted at the entrance of the camping ground reads "Camp at your own risk." Now two years after the disappearance of Emmie, Theo and...

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“Story Time” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #142

I am the story teller here to tell a story to my young student Kendall and a bunch of her friends. My name is Gabriella. Today's story time takes place at our world famous library, where kids and adults take in the magic of books and where the librarians words are words of wisdom. Kendall my young student of ten loves books and the library. She is just like and all others young and old who loves books. Who doesn't love a good book? Today I'm taking Kendall and a bunch of her friends to the library for story time. I will be telling Kend...

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“Book Review” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #141

One Star! How did I get a One Star review? I put my heart and soul into this project. My whole life went into this project, and now this idiot critic is telling me my book is out dated. No one wants to read a book about history. A love worth waiting for is the name of my book and it's not just a history book. The book is based on my grandparents love story. The back drop of the book is set during the Depression when my grandparents meet at the age of ten and all the way through WW 2 and the present day. This book is an honest to God ...

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“Memories” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #140

I remember like it was yesterday. The memories of that horrible day does not fade with each passing day, the memories get stronger. I maybe old, but my memory is youthful. I can still hear the planes. I can still smell the smoke. I can still hear the explosions. I can still hear the screams of the dying. Things like that never fade. Memories like those never fade. Yes, there are times when I wish to forget, but every time I see or hear a plane flying, I am reminded of that day. Remembering and honoring those who lost their lives is eas...

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“Leaving A Legacy” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #139

What does sowing seeds for the future mean? I never understood what that meant until I looked it up. it means to do something that ensures a certain outcome in the future. To me it also means leaving a legacy for future generations and that's what I want to leave behind. I want to leave a piece of me, a piece of my family, a piece of history for future generations not only in my family, but for other families can know all about the times I live in and to know the men and women who shaped these times. My grandparents you can say sow t...

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“Adventures In Cascade Falls” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #138

I want to do something fun. The weather is nice. The sun is shining, everyone is out doing fun things. I want to go on a spectacular adventure and in this town, there are so many fun things to do. Cascade Falls is unlike any place to live. There is a zoo, aquarium, boat tours, paragliding, parasailing, even a submarine adventure tour. There is also hiking to the big water falls which is happily named after our town. We can also go bird watching and then at night you can go star gazing at the observatory. Just naming all the things to d...

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“A Love Never Forgotten” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #137

What is happiness if you don't share it with the ones you love? I've been blessed for the last 45 years to have been married to the most wonderful man and blessed to have three incredible children and four grandchildren. But my thoughts every now and then go to what I lost. It was the end of the Vietnam War. Soldiers were coming home. POWs were being released. But the one person I wished for so many years to come home never returned. I love this man with all my heart. He was my whole world. He also loved the Army and was proud to ser...

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“One Last Shot At Love” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #136

BROOKS Two days from now is when I leave for my deployment and I have one last shot to tell the woman, the only woman I have ever loved how I feel about her. Sabrina has been my best friend since we were kids. We did everything together. We played for hours everyday in each others backyards. Every summer me and Sabrina would go to the lake behind our houses and collect rocks and play in the water. Every Halloween we would dress up as superheroes and go trick or treating, after words we would go back to my house and count the candy. O...

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“Nika's Bravery” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #135

I never expected this to happen. I never intended for this to happen. I did what any normal person would do. But yet it is happening, the whole town is here. I don't want the recognition nor do I need it. I'm a simple person who did something others would do. But nobody did anything. I was there and saw what happened. Yet others were there as well and did nothing to help. I did something. I saved a life no one wanted to help and now they want to honor me for doing something they didn't have the guts to do. There were so many people...

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“ARTEMIS” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #134

Artemis, a ship of wonder destined to take us to another world, a world beyond our own to start a new life, to build a new world similar to our own, a world that would save us from what we are leaving behind.As I look at Artemis, I see a wonder we humans built, but I also see a prison that will take me away from everything I have ever known, others see it as our salvation to something better, to a new world that will save us.To the many others we are leaving behind Artemis offers nothing but death and the lies that everyone will be saved, th...

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“Memories In A Box” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #133

Wendy is in her home cleaning the attic when she comes upon an old treasure box. She opens the treasure box and finds an old heart shape box. Wendy takes out the heart shape box, looks at it, takes it down stairs and shows it to her mother. Julie, Wendy's mother looks at the heart shape box and realizes the box belongs to her mother. Julie tells Wendy "The box belongs to Grandma Rose." "How do you know it belongs to Grandma?" "I found the box. I opened it and saw the pictures." Wendy puts the box on the table and asks her mother ...

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“Heavenly Help” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #132

Are you there, God It's me Allie. I need your help. I know I have no right to ask for your help, but I'm desperate. I don't know who else to turn to. My life hasn't been going the way I want it to go, and it seems no one understands or cares. This all started when the love of my life Ryan left. Ryan, the only man I ever loved didn't leave me, he's in the military. Ryan left on deployment for six months to a year with the Army. I miss him so much. This isn't the first time Ryan left on deployment with the Army and every time he came hom...

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I love to write stories. My favorite genres to write is science fiction and historical fiction.