Valerie Odell

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2025

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Tears” by Valerie Odell

Submitted to Contest #288

Tears Ping. Ping. Her eyes closed, sitting on the edge of the examination bed, she listened as pieces of gravel hit the metal bowl. “Sorry, sorry,” the student nurse’s soft voice filtered into her hazy mind. “Some were stuck. Close your eyes while I spritz some water on your face.” She said, holding up a spray bottle. “Let me know if it hurts.” “She probably is rinsing the blood away to see the gravel better.” “No problem. Do whatever you must,” she mumbled through...

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“Dragons and Rainbows” by Valerie Odell

Rainbows and Dragons Stepping into the room felt like entering a magical world. Outside everything was pure chaos. Typical high school life: go to class, the bell rings, leave the classroom, head to your locker, swap textbooks, and then race to the next classroom before the bell rings again. This was the world she had just left behind. Being the last student to arrive, as the bell rang, she turned to close the door. That was when she saw it. The largest, brightest rainbow in the world, or so she thought. It started on the floor, arched over ...

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“I Remember” by Valerie Odell

Submitted to Contest #285

I Remember…. I remember the first time he fell. We were on a family vacation. I turned six that summer. My parents had rented a cabin at a lake for the week. What an exciting week it had been. Our family, who lived in a small rural town in the middle of the Alberta prairies, had never been to a lake. Lots of sloughs but never a lake. Later I learned my father, as a child, had spent many summers at a different lake. At home, my father and grandfather owned the town’...

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Author bio

I am a newbie writer, who lives on Vancouver Island, BC.