Vickie Holt

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“A Sister's Conflict.” by Vickie Holt

Submitted to Contest #285

“Valerie you will never believe what Mabel did to me yesterday!”“Hold on let me put the phone down for a minute and grab a glass of water. Something tells me we are going to be on the phone for a while.”“Okay, but hurry up, I’m so steamed! Curse these darn phone cords, they really need to make them longer.”“I’m back Sister, go ahead and tell me what Mabel did this time.”“She came into the middle of the room, in front of God and everyone, and screeched at me.”“Why did she do that sister?”“At first I had no idea, it wasn’t until later I found ...

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“The Lonely Christmas Birthday.” by Vickie Holt

Submitted to Contest #284

Erin stood at the empty front door and gazed at the dimly lit porch swing. In a wave of memories, her sister's smiling faces gazed at her while they gently pushed the swing back and forth. If she closed her eyes she could still hear them laughing. Everyone gathered together, on the front porch of all places, to play a game of spoons. Her sisters, Jean and Leigh, were relentless. She could feel a phantom ache in her right hand from trying to pull that stupid metal spoon out of one of their hands. A chilly gust of wind brought her back to the ...

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Author bio

I'm just a 40 year old Mom and Wife. I love reading and writing. I use it as a creative outlet to help with stress from my 9-5. I work at 9-1-1 in south central Kansas, USA.