Mary K Brackett
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Mary Brackett is a novelist, poet, & award-winning short story author. She has authored and co-authored articles for magazines with her husband and is currently writing a series of novels with her talented daughters.
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Returning Home. Runner-Up in Everything Looks Better From Far Away Challenge.
She awoke to the cacophony of muffled machinery. Soft bells and low humming. A percussive tone that quickened with her heartbeat. She gasped in breath, tasting copper and electricity in the air, but the sweet mixture of oxygen woke her further and stirred memories, wisps of dreams.
By Mary K Brackett5 months ago in Fiction
I Don't Know What I Did Last Summer. Runner-Up in The Summer That Wasn’t Challenge.
I sat with my pencil poised over the piece of blank paper and stared blankly at the words written on the chalkboard. “Write two paragraphs about what you did this past summer.”
By Mary K Brackett5 months ago in Fiction
Finding Home
“I’m not sure I remember how to get there.” “Does anything look familiar?” “Well.” I sighed, looking around, trying to overlay childhood memories on top of the bustling storefronts on either side of the road. To the right, is that the same building the old supermarket was in? The building seemed old enough, about the right size and shape. Though the hardware store occupying it was new. Well. New-er. “Maybe?”
By Mary K Brackett6 months ago in Fiction
Losing Myself in the Badlands. Honorable Mention in You Were Never Really Here Challenge.
Ash-encrusted sand crunches in complaint beneath the soles of my shoes. The sound awakens me to my surroundings and I stare out across the arid landscape in vague surprise.
By Mary K Brackett6 months ago in Fiction
