Valerie Larouche

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

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“Winter Wonders” by Valerie Larouche

Submitted to Contest #77

The snow descends in thick, peaceful flurries, and accumulates, heavy, on the bare branches of trees and green firs. I watch it all from behind the glass of my bay window as I sit on a cushion bench tucked underneath it. I sit and stare. I reminisce and hope. I hope I am right, that all of it was real, and that it will happen as I expect it to. For you see, when I was seven years old, an event happened that changed me forever. An event that promised reoccurrence. And though now, at 87 years old, I tend to forget most of my childhood, these ...

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“A Train Story” by Valerie Larouche

Submitted to Contest #27

The first step was always the hardest. The problem did not lie in the step itself: it was a large enough step for one to place their foot comfortably upon it. It was also the proper height; not so high as to make you trip when you'd try to reach it, and not so low as to make your heart skip a beat when you thought for a second that you were falling through the floor. Ergo, the problem did not lie in the step itself. The problem did not lie in the doorway either. It was a fine, regular-looking doorway: the sas-like entrance to any mode of tra...

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Author bio

Purple aficionado, collector of anything unicorn, and listener of symphonic metal music. I like to sing, draw, paint and dance. And sometimes, I can even be found writing!