Sarah Boyd

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2022

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“A Bitter Thorn” by Sarah Boyd

Submitted to Contest #172

“Beautiful, aren’t they?” Wheels whirred as her father’s wheelchair zoomed across the red-and-white terracotta floor. He leaned forward, a plaid shirt clinging to his scrawny body like an extra layer of skin. Tracing the leaves of a vibrant pom-pom blue flower, he smiled and rasped, “It’s hydrangea, one of my favorites. Should’ve seen them when they bloomed. Truly magnificent!”“Yeah. That’s nice,” Rhea groaned, wiping her sticky brow. How can he stand this? It’s like eighty degrees here! Sunlight streamed from the vintage greenhouse windows,...

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