Mental Escape as Published in the Isolation Anthology

Warning: Reader Discretion Advised

The story that follows is intense and not for all readers.

I submitted this short story to a Halloween anthology called Isolation. It is a horror anthology, and this is essentially a prisoner of war story. I intentionally don't give any details about the main character, but show the world through their eyes. I added the images for the blog post. They are not in the anthology, but the words are unchanged.

I also intentionally made it so that you'd have to click the link to read it. It's up to you.

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You Left Me

You cried out in the middle of the night. I answered your pleas and helped to the best of my ability.
A few days later, you beg for help once again. I come to your aid and held your hand a second time.
The third time you reached out for help, I reached out and wanted to help, but you ignored me.

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My First Publishing Credit

I finally have something that's published. My short story titled Mental Escape was published in an anthology titled Isolation.

While it's the first I refuse to let it be my last published work. I know I'm way behind in sharing this news on my website. I'm blaming three weekends of road trips in a row.

The Atlanta Writers conference

Bouchercon

and my annual OK Elsewhere region trip for Nanowrimo.

I'll write more about each of these adventures in upcoming posts. Until next time happy reading.

Copyright © 2020 Ann Bell Feinstein

The Apple Flash Fiction

The apple sat alone in the basket, all his friends were gone.

The peach had been soft and nice to lean against.

The apricots were small and fun to hang with.

The other apples had been bigger than him and disappeared quickly.

They had been taken ages ago. The bananas vanished each morning with the sunrise.

Now he sat alone waiting, just waiting for others to arrive or to be selected for a lunch box or a snack.

As the kitchen light dimmed he sat alone just waiting.

Copyright © 2020 Ann Bell Feinstein

New Year New Goals

2019 Is Here!

It's 2019 and I'm well aware I haven't blogged in some time. Sorry for that, however I let life and other outside activities get in the way.

In order to focus more fully on my writing I have walked away from a few things I enjoyed, but the ate up a lot of time.

Let's start off with a brief look back and an update. I'm still a proud Army wife, we've moved (no real surprise there), and I've decided it's time I took my writing seriously.

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