Nellye Hight

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

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“Merry Christmas Indeed” by Nellye Hight

Submitted to Contest #178

TW: this story contains substance abuse, physical violence, and suicide. "Merry Christmas!" they always say with those festive, carefree smiles. It's like they don't realize that sometimes a mommy runs away on Christmas day because Daddy came home drunk on Christmas Eve and beat her so bad she was too scared to stay. And then the next year you hear him crying and saying Mommy's name over and over while he sits in his worn out recliner and stares out the window. And then you wake up Christmas morning to a loud bang, and you run into th...

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