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Ellen Bennett

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2024

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Hidden Highways

Weekly Contest #258

Hidden Highways©2024 Ellen Bennett            I don’t believe in conventional ghosts. The nature of my work lends itself to being open to and understanding that the presence of spirits is quite natural. I am a professional photographer, and my compositions of choice are old, abandoned buildings; warehouses, distressed barns, burned out churches, anything that is run down, decrepit, dying or dead.            My wife shakes her head. “...

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FLAP!

Weekly Contest #254

FLAP!©2024 Ellen BennettFLAP!Byline: Eugenia CarsonsIf you weren’t at the post-show gala last evening at the Tidbitts Theatre, you missed the event of the year! The Opera-Comique, first performed in Paris in 1890, has been a hit all over Europe now for five years. As always, FLAP! brings the news to you firsthand!                                      &nbs...

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All We Have Is Time

Weekly Contest #253

All We Have Is Time©2024 Ellen Bennett           Verdant pastures spread panoramically, dotted with scarred, red-wooded barns, squat doublewides or old homes in various stages of disrepair. Along the way, an invisible wall surrounds me, like I’ve entered a balloon filled with thick humid air. It stops me at once. I dismount the bicycle and straddle it between my knees, catching my breath. JOURNAL ENTRY: BICYCLE TRIP, JUNE 4, 2024 A pole barn with its open doors is stre...

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