Patricia Robinson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

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3 Stories

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“Blink” by Patricia Robinson

Submitted to Contest #121

BlinkEven though I can’t see the sun shining; I feel the warmth acting as a cloak against the winds I can feel and hear blowing in the early days of Autumn. I walk without stutter, side-stepping when necessary, and knowing when to pause. Years of experience allow a confidence in my white cane that I imagine the sighted cannot understand; I would not survive a day without it. I call her Theia in honor of the Titan Goddess of Sight. Today I decided to leave Chloe, my service dog, at home, opting for Theia instead in hopes of reducing interacti...

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“A Tricky Gift of Memory” by Patricia Robinson

Submitted to Contest #120

A Tricky Gift of Memory The person and the pages both brittle and yellow with age, she worries to reminisce through the photos inside for fear of forever losing the proof of her existence: there is no one left, only her and her photos. Without those, even her memory, more often than not, deceive her. The binding cracks as her aged and wrinkled hands slowly open the album. A single tear drops from her chin onto a faded black and white photo of her lost love: the one that got away. The man she could not commit too, the man who would not wait u...

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“The Silent House” by Patricia Robinson

Submitted to Contest #119

“Buy our little house by the ocean and enjoy your final years!” My husband’s last words before he took his final breath. He lasted 4 months longer than the doctors predicted, but they were not months of quality, only pain and misery … and a bit of soul searching … for us both. On our 19 anniversary, two weeks before Thanksgiving, I was diagnosed with advance stage macular degeneration and told I would be mostly blind within a year. Paul died 2 days short of our 21st anniversary and I could see him clear as day. I’m sure he would agree that i...

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