Sharron LaJean

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2019

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“The Lunch Card” by Sharron LaJean

Submitted to Contest #18

The line is moving too slowly. The smell of food causes me to salivate and swallow. The kids around me must be less hungry than me, because they are talking and laughing together, seemingly unaware of the smell of pizza enveloping us. I am new to this school. Being new to school isn’t new to me. I went to a different school every year. Some years, we moved during the school year, leaving me with two sets of classmates to meet. I was new, the lunch routine was new, the current topic of conversation was new. I clutched the object in pocket. It...

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“The Intruder” by Sharron LaJean

Submitted to Contest #14

Leigh flung her arm out of the warm blankets to silence the radio alarm at her bedside. Sunlight streamed in between the slats on the window blinds. She was glad for the morning routine she had established, except for the time of morning required to accomplish it. “5:15 is too early, even if it’s almost summer.” She thought to herself as she rose slowly off the mattress, listening to the popping and cracking of her joints while rising to a standing position. She slowly rolled her neck to one side, back, to the other side, and around again. “...

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Words are friends with whom I am either in good rapport, or in some dramatic disagreement.