Stephanie Walsh

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2024

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2 Stories

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“The Unexpected Angel” by Stephanie Walsh

Submitted to Contest #284

Content warning: Strong language“A white Christmas? Who the fuck needs a white Christmas?”Work had been slow. Christmas Eve day could’ve been busy, which is why she’d worked a double shift. But then it started snowing just before noon, and people hurried to finish their errands; folks couldn’t be bothered with a late lunch or a break for coffee and a snack when the roads were getting bad. She’d had only three tables all afternoon and hardly made enough to cover the bus fare and the babysitter. Now, to add to it all, the bus was stuck and sh...

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“The Unimaginable Christmas” by Stephanie Walsh

Submitted to Contest #283

Well, at least no one peed on me today. Gary got the mall Santa job this year because facing Christmas alone was…unimaginable. Not that it was going to help him tomorrow, but at least it got him through Christmas Eve. Or rather, Christmas Eve Day. He had thought it would be a fun distraction, and it was, at first. Most of the kids were sweet or shy or excited; to his surprise, he found that bratty parents outnumbered bratty kids 2:1. But the redundancy of must-haves, pretty-pleases, and can’t-live-withouts, coupled with the loop of tinny Chr...

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