Rebecca Tunstall

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020

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“Raw Motherhood ” by Rebecca Tunstall

Submitted to Contest #56

He’s not doing it right.  It’s as if he is modeling the what-not-to-do soothing technique on the warning film that I nodded off to in the hospital.  “Wake up,” the nurse prompted. “We cannot let you leave until you watch this.” Why? Of course you don’t violently shake a baby. This feels like putting a warning label of ‘hot’ on a coffee cup.  Yet here we are.  A screaming baby and my husband.  The desperation on his face as he hops up and down seeking a simple second of quiet. I know he just wants to give me a momen...

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“Inciting Events and Meaningless Names ” by Rebecca Tunstall

Submitted to Contest #53

Why does it sound so strange to hear your name? I mean, it’s the name we have always had.  Our first exposure to identity.  But it always sounds so wrong. Babe. Hunny. Mommy. These all feel right. But R-e-b-e-c-c-a? No, it’s off. I get that this is me, but only the me on the top of a research paper.  Not the core principle of--   “Rebecca!” a voice sonorously pierces through my musing.  Red goo drips through my fingers and trails down my freckled forearm.  Taking a second to reacquaint my mind to my surroundings...

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