Susan Winters

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2022

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“4 AM- An essay on Mortality” by Susan Winters

Submitted to Contest #234

It is my favorite hour of the day, the hour of solitude and ownership. The hour out of 24 that I have found just for me. By five, alarms are going off, the pipes are rattling with showers. But 4 AM is mine. The sky is still dark and many have just fallen into their deepest slumber of the previous evening. But for me, I am most awake, more awake than I shall be all day.As the aroma of the coffee soothes me, the intermittent whoosh of the heater warms my body, I sit, and listen. I don’t do this enough, just sit; and li...

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“Mrs. Warner” by Susan Winters

Submitted to Contest #140

  I remember; I wasn’t nervous at all! As a matter of fact, scanning the room and seeing the eyes of 30 students upon me, even those that looked less than enthused to have me standing in the front of their classroom, energized me. I knew, by the time I was done with my presentation, all eyes would be alert and hands would be competing with each other in the air to be called upon. It was in that moment, that private moment within myself that she came to mind, like a ghostly angel hovering over my shoulder. Gosh, if she could see me ...

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