Pamela Blair

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2022

Stories (6)

6 Stories

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“The Decision” by Pamela Blair

Submitted to Contest #230

NOTE: This story contains sensitive content re: abortion. Chris plopped down onto her bed, stared up at the ceiling, and tried to barricade the thoughts flooding her brain. Three weeks after she'd visited Lansing for John’s birthday, she realized she was pregnant. I can’t have this baby. I don’t even know who the father is. It might be Winston’s or it might be John’s....

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“Meeting Kristin” by Pamela Blair

Submitted to Contest #213

Meeting Kristin by Pamela Blair On Friday morning, Thea stepped out of the shower, grabbed a towel and ran her hand across the steamy mirror. In the narrow line of reflection s...

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“Desert Therapy” by Pamela Blair

Submitted to Contest #197

DESERT THERAPY Tunisia, 2005 In 2005, my partner and I spent two weeks in Tunisia. I’d traveled for a month in Tunisia over thirty years earlier, and felt confident we could figure out an interesting trip without guides and a planned itinerary. Mary Ann was wonderful with guide books, and I relied on “serendipity,” feeling that the best things came to us if w...

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“Inch by Inch” by Pamela Blair

Submitted to Contest #181

INCH BY INCH Standing at the edge of the snowfield, I stare down its precipitous incline, knowing I don’t have the courage to cross it, even though on the other side lies the path up to the pass. Midway across, I’ll panic. I’ll slide all the way to the bottom. I’ll die. I look up at the only other way to get out of the mess we’re in—a narrow, steep scramb...

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“A Realization at 15,000 Feet” by Pamela Blair

Submitted to Contest #181

A REALIZATION AT 15,000 FEET December, 1973 At 15,000 feet, the encampment around Kibo Hut resembled a miners’ camp: three A-frame and two rectangular aluminum shacks dotted a bare, rocky hillside. Stu and I, as usual the first of our group, found bunks for three in one of the shacks, for us and the o...

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“Woman in Southern Sudan” by Pamela Blair

Submitted to Contest #177

WOMAN IN SOUTHERN SUDAN In July, 1971, I began an open-ended journey, with only a fixed destination, Tanzania. After my flight from California to Europe, I was determined to travel overland, by whatever means available, which included some hitching but mainly boats, rickety trains, overcrowded buses, and exhaust-spewing lorries (trucks)—either in the cab or atop the overloaded goo...

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