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Samantha Daleo

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2021

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The Gossip Train

Submitted to Contest #102

Olivia sat, barely awake, watching her cartoons. It was early and she was nervous about starting the seventh grade. Her childhood cartoons were making her giggle, as always, and the banana pancakes her mom made felt like a familiar warm hug. She was almost feeling brave enough to conquer her fears until her mom, yapping away on the phone, turned the volume down on the TV, because she couldn’t hear her gossip well enough. Now Olivia was left alone with her own thoughts, and all of her fears of her first day came rushing back. What if she di...

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Giving Blindly

“Ma’am”? The concerned grocery clerk said, with a raised eyebrow, snapped Susan out of her exhausted daze.  “What, Oh, I’m sorry, I was just..” Susan drifts off apologetically.  “No worries”, the weary clerk, Lorraine continued. “I was just asking if you wanted to donate to the local Women's Shelter before I give you your total. We’re collecting donations for them this week” she said in a hopeful tone, taking a heart shaped tag out, waiting to hear how much Susan wanted to give.  Susan, knowing she didn’t have much to spare...

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