Valerie Williams

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2023

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“Secrets in The Hole” by Valerie Williams

Submitted to Contest #200

This new house smells like mold and cigarette smoke and stuff that’s rotten. But it didn’t used to when we first moved here. The old house burnt up and made momma leave and when we moved here it smelled like bleach and something kinda dusty. That was better. When we moved in, the trees didn’t have no leaves cause it was wintertime, nothing to hide us from the city folks who drive in on the weekends to shop in our “quaint” stores and take up all the booths at the Peaks & Pies. Now school’s out and they come all week long, but the leaves...

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“Coming Home” by Valerie Williams

Submitted to Contest #199

My name is Clair. Which means ”bright” or “clear” and I suspect my parents chose this name because they had something in mind for me. For my life or, more precisely, their life. They wanted a bright child. I always wished they had spelled my name with an “e”. Claire. Just like Anne of Green Gables was proud her name had an “e” because “A-n-n’ looks dreadful, but ‘A-n-n-e’ looks so much more distinguished.” I’m not distinguished, but maybe if my name had an “e” I would be. Maybe if I was Claire I would be dazzling, interesting and m...

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