Melinda Madrigal

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

Stories (200)

200 Stories

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“Eternal Love” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #81

Jacqueline and Matthew Shea have been together for 60 years, they have three children, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren, Jacqueline and Matthew's life have been filled with joy and happiness, but that sometimes joy and happiness comes with a price. Jacqueline and Matthew's love story begins in the summer of 1959 at the age of sixteen. Jacqueline and Matthew's story is unlike anything ever seen before. It was love at first sight for the both of them. July 4th 1959 at the annual Independence Day celebration is when their e...

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“Memories of the Movement” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #80

Melanie is a college student studying about the civil rights movement. She is doing a living history project about the civil rights movement, and Melanie needs a person who has lived through the struggle, a living witness to the civil rights movement. Melanie knows just the right person to help her. Melanie's neighbor Tilly Jackson was a leading figure in the civil rights movement. Tilly is just the person Melanie needs for her project. One day after class Melanie goes to Tilly and asks her if she can help her with a living history project...

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“Witness to Pearl Harbor” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #80

Ruby is an elderly women of 90 who has witness her fair share of history from WW2 to Korea to the Kennedy assassination to Vietnam and so much more, but what Ruby remembers the most, what is stuck in her memory and won't ever let go is what Ruby witness on that December morning in 1941, Pearl Harbor. Ruby was ten years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked and she still remembers waking up to see her father off to work at Pearl Harbor, her mother cooking breakfast, the beautiful sunny day of Hawaii, the Christmas decorations all over the hous...

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“Kaylynn’s Discovery” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #79

Kaylynn is a graduate student at Columbia University. Kaylynn has a strong love of the past and all the wonders it possesses. Kaylynn's love of the past has her majoring in history. Kaylynn's last project was about the Civil war and Reconstruction, now her next assignment is one that she loves and has a strong connection with. Kaylynn's assignment is writing about her family history. Kaylynn doesn't know much about her family history. Her parents especially her mother does not like to talk about her family history. Kaylynn's grandfather di...

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“Jamie's Books” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #78

Jamie loves her books. Everyday Jamie is seeing reading a book in her home, in school in the park even the mall. Nobody can get Jamie to stop reading her books, not her parents, sister or her best friend. Jamie loves her books, they are what makes her happy. In an age where technology rules everyday life, things are changing for the better. Jamie is not a fan of change, but she has no choice but to go along with it. One thing Jamie does not want to change is her love for her books, but that too is going to change. Paper, and hard cover books...

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Author bio

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