Rebecca Martinez

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2024

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“Winter” by Rebecca Martinez

Submitted to Contest #273

Vienna sat on the creaking swing set, waiting for him and tracing her cold fingers numbly on the rust that smelled like blood. As she looked around, the sunset-colored leaves that fell on the pavement were the only glimpse of color on this bleak, lifeless autumn afternoon. Winter was creeping into the year, once more, like an unwanted guest. She feared winter the way little kids feared the dark. It was a pulsing, throbbing remainder of the way time passed mercilessly and waited for no one. She realized time felt like a race, she had to...

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“Two Women and a Ring” by Rebecca Martinez

Submitted to Contest #269

On Thursday morning, Aurora found a small box on his coat. For starters, she wasn’t used to being the other woman. In fact, she often assumed that if her teenage self could see her now, she’d spit on her or slap her across the face. When she was seventeen her principles had been a tight and undiscussable manual, her own bible. She would never cause so much pain to another woman, even if she were a stranger. But Charlotte wasn’t a stranger. She had always been kind to her. As she applied the French perfume he had gifted her ...

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