Wendy Lathrop

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2022

Stories (3)

3 Stories

65 karma pts

?

“Cynthia Eleanor Goes Dancing” by Wendy Lathrop

Submitted to Contest #217

Prince Charming looked down at the size 6-1/2, stiletto-heeled pump sparkling teasingly up from his hand and shook his head in despair. Now at the last cottage in the village, he had failed in his quest to find the female foot perfectly fitting into this shoe. Would he ever find his lovely dance partner of the last two evenings? Whoever she was, she could pirouette from tango to waltz, glide from polka to disco, sway from swing to salsa. And she was light enough on her feet never to have cracked this glass shoe. He was sure he was in love, h...

Read story

“Hannah Finds a New Home” by Wendy Lathrop

Submitted to Contest #187

An early morning sunbeam shone across the grass, making the dew sparkle like tiny round rainbows. Hannah opened her golden-green kitty eyes slowly and stretched her silky gray front legs out in front of her, yawning wide. Then she noticed she was alone. “Mama! Where are you?” she called, looking quickly from side to side as she struggled to get her sleepy legs to stand. Last night Hannah had been playing in the meadow with her two brothers, chasing lightning bugs while Mama Cat watched the sun set. Hannah had tired and found a soft...

Read story

“Between Now and Then” by Wendy Lathrop

Submitted to Contest #167

Ellen walked her champion Golden Retriever into a side room off the main convention center floor for a quiet place to brush Amber one more time before her next competition. “Amber” was short for the beauty’s official name of “Amber Star of Dreams”, which was on her pedigree and all her competition records. Her coat was thick and long, and Amber’s physical beauty was made even more entrancing by her easy-going nature and clear love of being the center of attention. In the show ring, Amber smiled and turned her head toward the judges in a...

Read story

Author bio

Wendy Lathrop has not written a bio yet!