Siegfried Pueblitz

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2024

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“The Land to Which Dying Sparrows Fly” by Siegfried Pueblitz

Submitted to Contest #255

Simon entered the hospital room and bent down over his mother’s immobile body to kiss her cheek. She lay quietly on the bed as if lost in a dream but upon feeling his presence opened her eyes and smiled brightly. The ability to produce facial expressions was the only motor function that remained once the disease had ascended through her spine and vanquished all the others leaving her paralyzed. He saw she was moving her lips, struggling to articulate words that came out as feeble whispers. He put his ear close to her face.   &...

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“A Fable” by Siegfried Pueblitz

Submitted to Contest #252

A Fable Don't cry The best gesture of my brain is less than your eyelids' flutter which says we are for each other e.e. cummings There was a very old man who fell in love with a very young woman. And, as often happens in love, there was no rhyme or reason to it and it didn’t matter if no one understood it or criticized it. How could they? He never told anyone about it – not even her. It’s not that he didn’t want to tell her, on the contrary, he thought about doing so many times. But ultimately, he ...

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