Tika Brown

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2022

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“Thanksgiving with the Bentleys” by Tika Brown

Trigger : abortion I often wonder if every family has an Aunt Berta. Someone who announces loudly the very thing everyone else wants to remain unsaid. Someone who sees all the secrets, creates the lies and rubs salt on the freshest of wounds.  I'm watching Aunt Berta now as she swivels from the conversation she is having with Mama and Aunt Elizabeth to tell my brother John not to take that second plate of potatoes and ham and instead tries to nudge him in the direction of the roasted Brussel sprouts patting his pudge ever so gently...

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“Swept up in emotions” by Tika Brown

Submitted to Contest #163

Sally lay awake in bed, waiting for the click. She watched the sway of the shadows against her wall, watching the pace occasionally quicken and intensify then soften as the wind pushed the tree branches across her window. A rumble groaned out from the dark sky, soft at first then a louder bellow. She shuddered. She didn’t remember Pa mentioning a storm brewing at dinner tonight.Pa always mentioned storms."There’s going to be a big one, " Pa said last Friday over dinner while passing the rolls to her brother, Sammy. "Forecaster said to stay i...

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