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Kathleen Cramer

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2023

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Write a Love story without using the word “love.”

Weekly Contest #342

Have you ever looked into someone’s eyes only to find your entire being lighting up? Or, held someone’s hand while on a romantic walk, and the electricity shoots through you as though you’d been hit with a lightning bolt? Have you ever connected with someone so powerfully that that bond will forever be unbroken? I had such an encounter in March 1975. I was born into a military family. My dad had been a radioman on board ship during the Korean War. My uncle had been in submarines. And I had a cousin who had just gotten out of the serv...

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Out of the Ashes - Allowing for Transformative Compassion

Weekly Contest #261

This story may trigger emotions if you've been in an event where lives and/or property were lost. The title was inspired from Gregg Braden's "Ancient Essenes' Message on the Three Words From 2500 Years Ago" video on YouTube. Write a creative nonfiction piece about something you're grateful for. The call came on my cell phone around 12:45 PM. I was at work, on a lunch break.  The voice on the other end of the phone said, “Don’t even bother coming home. You won’t be able to.” That’s not a call you want to receive.&nbsp...

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Max Meets Tessie

Weekly Contest #255

My Aunt Kailea remembers a time when she was out walking with Gunther, her white Siberian tiger and finest of friends, near their favorite creek on the island of Mu where she was born. We are in her cozy house in Washington state where I have taken on the task of writing her memoir. From time to time, I will add my own comments in the narration of her story. Aunt K loves to close her eyes when she needs to summon up a long-ago memory. She is now in her 80s but looks and feels like she’s a woman 30 years younger. When she ...

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