Melanie Redler

Melanie Redler wrote her first story under her bedsheets with a flashlight. She continued to write, in much better lighting, for all her life. She has been able to study with amazing writers and authors while raising her two boys and working in both social services and business. 

Starry Night

Photo by Anthony Cantin on UnsplashThe moment Ruthie Banks heard the governor issue his shelter-in-place order, she made up her mind to take up smoking again. Ruthie hadn’t smoked for 27 years, but this was no ordinary time in history and, therefore, she reasoned, it deserved a good smoke. She walked into her bedroom to change and leave her house against the governor’s orders. He wasn’t her candidate in the
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