Deidra Lovegren
Bio
Deidra co-hosts the podcast “Read Lots Write Lots,” interviewing writers from around the world about their craft.
She is a judge for Reedsy Prompts, an international weekly short story contest.
Stories (3)
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Homewrecker. Top Story - April 2022.
“No, she isn’t my daughter,” he corrects a colleague. “She’s my wife.” On cue, I beam at my husband, innocent and doe-eyed—like I did in my 20’s when he was in his 40’s. His friend invariably elbows him, making comments about cradle robbing and spring chickens. We laugh. I say something clever in reply. His companion looks surprised.
By Deidra Lovegren4 years ago in Humans
The Play's the Thing
It is ungodly hot and Hamlet should shut up. “You cannot call it love, for at your age the heyday in the blood is tame, it’s humble, and waits upon the judgment,” over-enunciates one of the actors while wildly gesticulating with a plastic human skull. The skull does not normally appear until Act 5, and Hamlet certainly is not waving it at his mother while lecturing her on how to control her sexual desires.
By Deidra Lovegren4 years ago in Fiction
