Stephanie Rochester

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2019

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“The Waiting Game” by Stephanie Rochester

Submitted to Contest #49

Sunday 1:13 pm Check for spelling errors.  Looks good. Deep breath...cross fingers....here goes nothing. Hit blue arrow. Sent. 1:13 pm (exactly 3 seconds later) Stare at screen in horror. This is bad. Why would I say that? Why would I say it over text? This is a disaster! 1:14 pm 3 blue dots bubble up. Hope bubbles up. My stomach bubbles up. I hold my breath. The dots disappear. 1:15 pm They’re back. They’re bouncing.   So are my knees. Something is happening. He’s replying! 1:16 pm Nope. Gone again. Is ...

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“It's Not You, It's Me” by Stephanie Rochester

Submitted to Contest #14

Mimi sat sipping her warm apple cider, her hands wrapped around the warmth of the mug.  The cinnamon stick lightly clinking against the rim. She stared out the window at the kaleidoscope of multi-colored leaves spiraling around caught in gusts of wind.  Mimi loved this time of year – the November colors so vibrant, so bright, so dramatic…their last great hurrah before the drabness of winter. And yet this time of year also made her feel slightly sad – a persistent sense of dread that simmered right beneath the surface of all that ...

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