Valerie Preston

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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“The Writer” by Valerie Preston

THE WRITER       I’d been away such a long time. Not just physically but mentally too. It felt like a lifetime. But now I was back. I sat at my computer at 8.35 pm. I had the heater on as it was such a cold night and a hot cup of coffee just to the left on my dark mahogany desk. I remembered when I used to write and had packed up late at night, or in the early hours of the morning , ...

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“Racism and Ignorance” by Valerie Preston

Racism and Ignorance My Mother was a racist. I have a feeling that her parents were racists too and I just supposed they had passed it down along the line. She wouldn’t admit to it but I did hear her talking to her mother on the phone when I was young a couple of times and I got the idea that my Grandmother didn’t like her new neighbours as they were black and not her sort. Even though we had neve...

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“100th Birthday” by Valerie Preston

Who would have thought – 100 years of age! All that time on this earth and my reward….A chocolate cake!Have I enjoyed my long life? Yes and No.. I do have regrets of course. Who wouldn’t after all these years? And hindsight is a wonderful thing, but there isn’t much I can do about it now.I sat in my wheelchair with the rug on my knees and looked around. It was just a room full of old people. Some were sleeping. Others were staring into space. There were one or two shuffling around. When I was a young girl I...

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