Trisha Surak

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2023

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“Black Widow ” by Trisha Surak

Submitted to Contest #227

She twisted the ring around her finger anxiously, absent mindedly wondering if she should just take it off. Who wears a wedding ring on a first date, anyhow? It had been so long since she had been on a first date, and she felt so on-edge and uneasy; the weight of the ring brought her some comfort. She was, after all, wearing the ring when she first met him at the grocery store. He had been so caught up in flirting with her, he didn’t even seem to notice until they made it to the checkout line. She had quickly assuaged his fears by explaining...

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“Just a Name on a Tombstone ” by Trisha Surak

Submitted to Contest #224

“I can’t sleep,” I whisper into the dark abyss that envelopes my small, drafty bedroom. I can hear the creaking of trees swaying against the wind that beats against the shingles of the roof and the panels that line the outside of my small home. I’m not sure who I am talking to even as I say the words out loud; I know that he is not here. I waited for him since two o’clock this afternoon. I waited outside on the porch swing that hangs from an old oak tree in the backyard; in late August the leaves were still full and green. They dang...

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