Zelene McBride

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2024

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“The Liminal Space She Finds Herself In” by Zelene McBride

Submitted to Contest #278

She took out the pill. The one that she had been holding onto for the past eight months. Somehow, she had managed to keep it safe, dry and relatively clean, this whole time. The blister pack was smushed, the silver backing was fraying but it still held. It helped that she had it in a small green pill bottle that she hid in her filthy, hole-y brassiere. She had a bottle of water, it was tap water, but it really didn’t matter, did it? And, she had a small bottle of vodka. She was trying to figure out which would be the better chaser.A loud bra...

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“The Crumple-Rumpled Thing” by Zelene McBride

Submitted to Contest #277

That blasted thing. There never seemed to be an end to the search for it. I sighed. She had lost it nearly four decades ago, yet still I hunted for it like a golden eagle seeking indefensible prey. I remembered it well. She wore it infrequently. The most common place for it was on the dresser, atop the mirrored vanity tray brought from who knows where. I was too young to know that particular thing’s origin story. For that matter, I was too young to have such a singular focus on something that was surely gone forever… I sank deeper into the ...

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