Sharon Walker

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2023

Stories (3)

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“My long-distance lover from Leghorn” by Sharon Walker

Submitted to Contest #188

You were buying a birthday cake for your mother from the pasticceria on the corner of Via Venti Settembre. Pretty garish really, lots of gold. Bling. They soak the sponge in some kind of syrup and liqueur - even the ones for kids. It's supposed to keep it moist. Weird that word, 'moist'. But me, being me, I think it's to make the damned things heavier. You pay by weight you see. Ha ha. I'm not daft. 'Still got my wits about me.And that was it. Boom. Struck by lightning - love at first sight. At least on your part, or so you say. It took me a...

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“Bed Share ” by Sharon Walker

Submitted to Contest #187

The girl did not like cats. She'd had a couple of bad experiences as a small child. Nothing major. No big deal. Just enough to make her wary and distrustful.Her brother, Hans, had brought a plump ginger cat home once. He named it Richard and kept it in his room. Very soon Richard had kittens. Six closed-eyed, mewing things. She had taken them and put them in the bath tub on the second floor. No water of course. She was cruel, but not evil. She had laughed at the little souls, trying to claw their blind ways up the sides - their pink, open mo...

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“Take Me - Shopping” by Sharon Walker

Submitted to Contest #186

He won't get off his phone. I'm starting to get irritated. Following behind me like he's not with me. I'm sure he's trying to make out like he's the hired help or something, pushing the trolley. Okay. Okay. I paid him. But it's not because he's black. I just need him to lift the furniture and drive the car. But it's not because he's black.He won't get off his phone. It's not easy to speak to him while he's reading messages. I ask him if he wants breakfast. He seems annoyed. He's already eaten. He accepts a cup of coffee while I eat my cake. ...

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Author bio

I live in northern Italy with my black Labrador. A simple life of sun, good food, writing and reading. I am a teacher, a copywriter, a translator and interpreter. Last year I spent the summer in a medieval hilltop hamlet in Italy's Deepest South, where I wrote, and published on Amazon, two collections of short stories: 'The Wife in the Wardrobe' and 'The Perfect Fig', (dark and humorous tales of human relationships gone wrong). Published under the name S. M. Walker. I love Chinese food and Ken Loach. I hate technology and Italian bureaucracy. Storyteller and empath.