Category 2021 SS Prompt 1: Freedom

After getting sick, Elisha hurries home only to find her mother has been murdered.

There was no-one in the field. At least, there didn't seem to be. But I knew better.

Army Days by Moira le Roux # Carol and Barbara sat on the edge of the swimming pool. Lunch and a swim at Kelvin Grove Country Club. They both loved the atmosphere of wealth and luxury that pervaded the club.…...

Freedom is overrated, except when it's not.

The Proximity of Freedom by NetaQ # She stood, pushing the table over. Cloth covered chairs bounced off of the walls. Dinner plates now on the floor. The assemblage of flowers, cutlery, spaghetti, and rolls, littered the expanse like strewn…...

Adam is on a quest to recover his memories.

The story in this submission was inspired by the release earlier this month of a harrowing report by the Mother & Baby Homes Commission of Investigation in Ireland, which gave details of the horrendous treatment of women at the hands of the Catholic Church. This story is based on a number of different stories from that report, to give an indication of the hell these women went through when they fell pregnant outside of wedlock and had their freedom cruelly taken from them.

#1  – Freedom        Mr. Haggerty’s Dog  by Sharon Hancock # Isabella was excited as they drove away from the city heading toward her Grampa’s house.  She was going to spend the summer with him while her parents…...

Do you ever wonder what your drem was about?