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Sara Southard

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

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The Show Must Go On

Submitted to Contest #205

I pretended like I didn’t see Janine making her way towards my desk. I could see her peacock blue pantsuit approaching in my peripheral vision, the swish of polyester coming at me like the world’s most nosy freight train as she wove between desks. She came to a halt next to me with a huff and a cloud of heavy floral perfume. I kept my eyes on the email I had now read three times without absorbing a word. I hoped if I ignored her long enough she would wander away to bother someone else. I could hear the buzz of the fluorescent lights above me...

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Slumber Party

Submitted to Contest #65

“So, we’re really going to do this?” Isabelle’s words came out as a puff of white against the chill darkness. I ignored her question and gestured towards a hulking shape in the distance. “Just over here. It’s perfect!” The October night could not have been more ideal. It was crisp and clear and the full moon so bright we didn’t need flashlights to navigate. The polished gleam of the headstones was easy to make out. Leaves crunched under Isabelle’s feet as she walked rather more forcefully than was necessary. It was clear just how ill...

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The Skeletons We Keep

Submitted to Contest #37

“They found him on the doorstep of the church, you know.”My grandmother’s statement was so calm and matter-of-fact that I paused with a mouthful of wine, glass still touching my lips. I swallowed the liquid in a painful gulp and my voice was raspy when I said, "No way.”She nodded, pink tinged white hair a halo around her head as she took a pull from a wineglass she had snagged from the hand of one of my cousins as he walked past. Lionel looked for a moment like he might protest but I shot him a look that I felt said Hey, I’m getting some jui...

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