Rose Lind

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2021

Stories (30)

30 Stories

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“Never ever.” by Rose Lind

Submitted to Contest #247

Warning Swearing words. 15/04/23 Last night, I dreamt that I was married to a successful and popular redhead. All the church girls wanted him, but I wasn't happy. When I told my mother, we both laughed as she advised me to text him and end things. As the alarm rang, I smiled, thinking back to the rigid sect I grew up in and how my mother had also relaxed in later life. The new workplace had a vibe. Jacko, my manager, had sharp, pointy hair and a toned body with a square-buckled new leather belt. Mary's presence was like sour milk, while J...

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“Nuclear War” by Rose Lind

Submitted to Contest #243

Suggestion of WW2 Holocaust.A chill touched my left shoulder. I looked at the sky. Australia, for their comfort, has defined autumn as the first of March. It's easier to say the first of March rather than maybe the twentieth, the twenty-first or the twenty-second of March. I know the lack of Sun. The Sun turning its back, or shining its face, defines the season, but I was so busy last week that I did not check what time the event Autumn Equinox would occur this year! Let's see, on the twentieth of March, it happened! I looked out my window, ...

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“This is Not a New Year resolution!” by Rose Lind

Submitted to Contest #233

Warning, swearing, mental abuse, and suicidal ideation.This story is dedicated to all the maturing archetypal of the starving artist, who ruthlessly are destroying their own poverty consciousness!The second definable moment, in my early writing experience was injected by an American writer and university lecturer. He expressed to me, within a late Nineties egroup, "You write like Sylvia Plath!" Curious, I typed her name into my then very slow Google Search engine. I wanted to know WHO this Ms. Plath was...

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“Candle Flame” by Rose Lind

Submitted to Contest #232

Warning Swearing and Violence.Mention of death and stillborn.The sky was an electrical mishmash. I felt satisfied as I veiwed, from the patio, at the freshly mowed yard, "Just in time," I thought. Hot clouds behaved like a low, hoovering helicopter. The atmosphere stuck to my arms; It felt- sinister! My thoughts hurried, "I better go inside! A flash of lightning, immediately followed by a BANG, affirmed my observation. I exclaimed, "Hell, that was close!" My hair floated out and up from airborne static. The Australian M...

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“Pluto, the Rat and the Birds.” by Rose Lind

Submitted to Contest #231

Beware Swearing.Happy New Year! I said that about 8 am. I'm not sure really of that time, as the kitchen clock hands frozen at sixteen past one, and the loungroom clock hands, fast runners, said sixteen past eight.I could not be bothered to press my phone button on, to find out the real time via satellite, as I enjoyed the quiet and solitude of the morning light, and New Year's Day is only another day. For example, if I had a partner, they would receive a kiss every morning, no ext...

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“Christmas list” by Rose Lind

Submitted to Contest #230

WarningSwearing.Possible trigger relating to domestic violence and toxic family issues1. Don't think about it!That was yesterday's list. Oh shit I'm thinking about it. Maybe number 1 should have been a little more positive - like - "Think about butterflies!" Scratch that-Number 1- Think about butterflies!2. Don't Phone!Yes, that's easy, I text. I'm glad I made that number 2. I feel like I have some success, but really- I always text! Ti...

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“SPAM” by Rose Lind

Submitted to Contest #226

Caution swearing.Read at you're own risk...I loved my new glasses. The thick black frames lounged on my nose. The plastic arms touched, not clutched. The lens allowed my peripheral vision to relax. My eyes watered a little but they had to no longer try, try real hard to read. I could even see a large protruding, unplucked hair on my upper lip! I did not have to rely so heavily on my tactile sense or memory, or my hearing to inform me of my blurry world....

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“Especially for You.” by Rose Lind

Submitted to Contest #225

@@@@÷÷÷#@###___<<=#$&&&&&&&#Warning sexuality mentioned.@@@######@@@#########@@@It was Perfect, well maybe- perhaps- possibly- it was perfect! To Claire, the environment was at equilibrium. Looked in her mirror, it swung in a two-and-fro rhythm on a solid gold chain; it was sort of hypnotic? IF you believe in that? Do you believe in that??? Perhaps you better say NO? YOU'RE MINDS TOO STRONG HUH? No, don't answer me, as far as I'm concerned it's forgott...

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“White Rabbit” by Rose Lind

Submitted to Contest #224

Swearing.Cancer and desth mentioned.Occult themes*********Volume off. Phone screen lights. Google assistant downloading, apologises, "Sorry to all Optus Yes customers", for in Australia, we have Yes and No!Water leaked from the ceiling. I turn in my bed. Jija, warm in her cat patch, away from the sloosh meows, "Bloody Helll. . " she hisses, ". .don't wake my Mistress!"And then another She says, "Nang, Nang? Nang Nang? NA...

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“CONTINUE THE DANCE ” by Rose Lind

Submitted to Contest #223

Politics regarding Israel - Palestine conflict (note. I feel for all people in that war and also the victims of hate)Sexuality.Death.Disorder.Murder.Jewish hate is expressed but shown in safe context as not acceptable**************************************Between the pillars - darkness - the veil of ectoplasm thins, like vaginal juices after menstration. The Moon begged for her life. She was paraded naked before her captors - the Sun, Neptune, and ...

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“Ivory Rock” by Rose Lind

Submitted to Contest #222

Sensitive to first nation people.Land RightsTo my son.The spirit is calling...I cannot lie, but you can! You can lie due to culture. You can lie to yourself, but I cannot. The land belongs to the people who are true owners, its not land rights, it simply belongs to the true caretakers.He said, "Love has hate, hate has love," You love something enough to hate what you do not want and that is natural!S...

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“The dark nite of the soul.” by Rose Lind

Submitted to Contest #221

CautionSwearing.Death from Cancer.Sexual references.That bag had laid next to that single bed, my single bed. It was an eternal reminder of the conflict of my life of caring, of not caring and being able to say, "I don't care!"I touched the play arrow for utube reiki on my phone, "Cleansing the Emotional Field". My emotions cannot be explained and trying to explain to others. "Them", the cause of paranoia, avoidance, pathological neglect of my heart, with the head, the ru...

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“Purga Creek” by Rose Lind

Submitted to Contest #219

WarningMurder most foul.Swear words.The grey movement between branches. Continuing an eye with natural yellow eyeliner, flickered, disappearing,. Reappearing, shaking dry leaf sound of dry discoloured leaves, snap crack, then released to be airborne.The September Spring means nesting, homes and families. The observation was joyous, void of need to control, to spy, to intrude. The observation was free.To a hungry outdoor cat, the grey feath...

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“Butterfly Hunters” by Rose Lind

Submitted to Contest #218

Void. Nothing. "Don't overtink this," I thought without my mind. Permeating me, the words, "Peace, perfect peace," Blackness.Thoughts... more thoughts pervaded me. A force, like petroleum jelly, collided into me; like I was some sort of dam burst, or an accessible creek where run off from a storm rolled over children's carefully placed rocks and pebbles, in Easter school holidays, trapped guppies for their fish tanks.  Rivers, Creeks, flowing, flowing, flowing as thoughts with energy. Mor...

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“Our home is our Castle and our Mansion” by Rose Lind

Submitted to Contest #217

Sensitive data for Australian Aborigines.Suicide.Phenomena **************************************Australia does not have castles, nor have I ever been in a castle. The official date of European occupation occurred on the 26th of January, 1777. The dark history of colonisation started the terror forever placed in the ancestrial genetic memory of all Aboriginal people continuing today.On January 1st, 1901, a group of hairy, long bearded, glim men swelt...

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Author bio

Part of my plan, is to write an anthology called, "The Ninth Little dysfunctional Australian" My early writing life was nurtured by two high school teachers. Gratefully, at 16 years, Mrs K, gave me the writer's golden rule, "Write What you know. So here, with the Reedsy Prompts I write little Australian Adventures...