Parshalla Wood

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2021

Stories (5)

5 Stories

108 karma pts

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“Family Stranger Things” by Parshalla Wood

Submitted to Contest #149

“Deck the Halls with boughs of holly, FaLaLaLaLaaLaLaLaLa, Tis the season to be jolly, FaLaLaLaLaaLaLaLaLa.” This is the sound I heard as I got off the school bus and started for the front door of my house. Oh my, it’s already started this Christmas season. I wonder how the season will end, and who will get hurt because someone always gets hurt before New Year’s Day. As I entered the living room, the smell of turkey and dressing, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce and so many other tantalizing aromas let me know we will have a great feast tonight....

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“Higher Power” by Parshalla Wood

Submitted to Contest #146

Today is Tuesday and my brother Little Hatchi is sitting at the breakfast table, and he is whimpering loudly. Mom tells him to please stop whimpering or go to his room until he thinks he can eat without interrupting everyone else’s breakfast. The reason for Little Hatchi’s whimpering is that 4 days ago, his best friend and kitty, Boxer was run over by a car and died. My brother hasn’t been the same since. He’s not out in the yard playing, he’s not playing video games, there are no sounds coming out of his room, he is in a total breakdown and...

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“Beautiful World” by Parshalla Wood

Submitted to Contest #143

“Yes sir, Mr Solts, I will take care of it, and I will let my staff know how they need to proceed next time this issue comes up. We won’t be having this conversation again. Thank you for your patience with me being a newly appointed supervisor.” I left my bosses office totally cut down to my legs, so it seemed. After all the instructions I’ve given to my staff, someone still processed a check for deposit on one of our special and long term clients, and put a 10 day hold on it, without asking any of us more experienced tellers about the depos...

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“The Special Present” by Parshalla Wood

Submitted to Contest #140

This story has some sensitive information regarding the handling of firearms, but it's not a violent story. I remember that Christmas morning; To use the old phrase, Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house nothing was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung all in a row in hopes that St. Nicholas would soon be there. So not exactually that dramatic, since all of us were in our early twenties, we were aware of the fact that any presents left under the tree were put there by another family member or parents. My...

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“My Aim” by Parshalla Wood

Submitted to Contest #136

WOW, a piercing light just burned my retinas, what was that? When I could open my eyes, it was the light in our garage, and I realized that Dad and I had made it home from our first hunting trip. We were hunting Turkey and Deer for 3 days and 3 nights. We had so much fun, but we came home empty handed this trip. It wasn’t that we didn’t try, but this was my first time, and I didn’t have the experience that would allow either one of us to get close enough to shoot at them. We were bow hunters, so one must be closer than someone with a rifl...

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Author bio

I am recently retired from being a financial consultant for Ameriprise Financial. Only two and a half years of my thirty-one years of being a financial consultant was with Ameriprise. During our married life my husband and I have lived with his Type 1 diabetes and the issues that come along with it. His high and low blood sugar issues have kept us on high alert most of the days of our lives, so I have decided to write a guidebook on those issues. I have been a person who writes in a journal daily so I know that I can be disciplined enough to sit down and write, but I know also that I need substantial training in order to write for others to want to read my book. That is why I joined Reedsy, you've already given me great pointers and tips to watch for and I feel sure that with your assistance, I will be able to get this accomplished.