Sophie Conquest

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2022

Stories (1)

1 Story

19 karma pts

?

“The Photograph ” by Sophie Conquest

Submitted to Contest #157

May 1999: The flash was like a halo. In the second it took to envelop them, she was reaching up to fix his tie, shimmying the smooth material so that the knot fit securely, with perfect symmetry, into his collar. The fingers of her right hand rested on the fabric in a neat arc, like a violinist’s. Her left arm was nestled tightly into the space between her body and his, where she could feel the warm strength of his chest beneath the thin linen of his shirt. Her shoulders, uncovered and golden in the soft glow of the marquee lights, were thro...

2 comments 2
Read story

Author bio

Sophie Conquest has not written a bio yet!