Vanessa M

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2021

Stories (2)

2 Stories

41 karma pts

?

“Mama Bear” by Vanessa M

Submitted to Contest #181

Content warning: language As she watched little Gracie enter the building, Kimberly let out an exhausted sigh. The first two weeks of the school year had been difficult to say the least.  Gracie was the new kid, and that was always hard in and of itself. It’s easy to forget how mean kids can be.  Then there was the matter of Gracie’s IEP. Gracie was hard of hearing and wore bright purple hearing aids in both ears. Gracie also required motor support, and she had a sensory processing disorder that required near-constant stimula...

2 comments 2
Read story

“Mission Success” by Vanessa M

Submitted to Contest #149

Content warning: school shooting His alarm clock blares, and he blearily wipes the crumbs of sleep from his eyes. He stumbles out of bed and into a pair of crumpled clothes from the floor. Grabbing a piece of toast on the way out, he checks that all of his supplies are in the car before peeling out of the driveway to his final destination. She strides into the school in her bright pink raincoat. In one hand, she holds her sparkly coffee tumbler; in the other, a stack of math tests, graded and stickered. She wears an infectious smile and ...

2 comments 2
Read story

Author bio

Vanessa M has not written a bio yet!