Sarah W

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2021

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“The Homecoming” by Sarah W

Submitted to Contest #255

Rex has gone to get her from the airport. I was supposed to go with him, but slept in. He left a note saying he didn’t want to wake me, but really, it was my punishment for last night. Sunlight hits the windscreen, flashing in my eyes for a moment. The winter sun hangs low in the cold blue sky, not a cloud in sight. Surely, it's a sign of the occasion: my baby girl, back home. Gosh, I haven't seen her for over three years. How will she have changed, my beautiful girl? Will Time have marked her? Will she bear traces of the life she's lived wi...

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“Basil and Rosemary's Infinite Goodbyes” by Sarah W

Submitted to Contest #253

There'd been no warning. That’s what was so strange. None at all. One moment smiling, and then… Sitting in his armchair, Basil stared at her photo. Something so big - so life-changing and catastrophic - there should’ve been a warning. Some tremor in the earth, or darkening of the sky, to herald her departure from the world. But it was just an ordinary day. A day like any other. The sun was out, the sky a brilliant azure, weightless above their heads as they'd negotiated the gap in the bramble. Basil had held Rosemary’s hand to help her over ...

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Author bio

A wife, mother, and gin-lover who lives in Essex, UK. Have recently begun a career-break after having my second child to concentrate on my passion of writing. I have a short story, Our First Date, published on East of the Web, and I'm currently querying my bittersweet time-travel love story whilst writing another novel. I'm active on the Instagram Writing Community where I can be found at https://www.instagram.com/slwibrow_author/