Natalie Mars

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2022

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2 Stories

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“Mindset” by Natalie Mars

Submitted to Contest #193

[Sensitive themes of illness and child hospitalization]The nurse told her, "It's the thought that counts," when she placed the basket on her nightstand. Nicole looked at the Easter basket in disgust. Everything was old-fashioned and earth-colored. The brown wicker looked like sticks. It was ugly and full of coloring books she was too old for and stickers she wasn't interested in.She looked across at her roommate Kayla's Easter basket. It was large, pastel, and beautiful with pinks, blues, and greens and overflowing with candy. Kayla always g...

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“Due Date” by Natalie Mars

Submitted to Contest #142

Five long years, he thought as the book crossed the counter into his hands. Moments before, his inked stamp poised above the date slip more out of reflex than anything else. He put down the stamp and turned over the book. The peeling, yellowed cover read, The History of Northbrook and its Founders by R. Camden Hughes. He’d waited a long time for the signal. Jackson pulled the card out of the back and stamped a date ten days in the future. He scrutinized the man in front of him. The small, bespeckled thirty-something-year-old had a ...

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