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Susan Wilkins

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

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Skewed Perspective - How I Became Pathologically Camera Shy

Submitted to Contest #144

Hello, I am Bernice, and I was pathologically camera shy for many years. Here is how that came to be. My father started taking pictures of me from birth. Back then cameras used flashbulbs. They were extremely bright and left you blind for some seconds at a time (which seemed a lot longer). As I grew to be a toddler I started hiding from my dad whenever he had his camera. I knew what came next, sudden bright flash almost painful to the eyes, and blindness. I hated it! When I could not hide fast enough, I cried. I had become camera shy. From...

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My Angel Librarian

Submitted to Contest #142

Whenever possible I walked the nearly two miles to my local library. I was nine years old, and this was during a time when one could walk alone to the local library without fear of being accosted or worse, abused. I found the library to be cool, quiet, and calming. All of these qualities were extremely attractive since my house did not have air conditioning and I only went to the library in the hot, humid Michigan summers while on vacation from school. Also, my house was either full of my mother’s buddies, or she was finding some odd somethi...

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