Destiny (In Memory of Annie)

Short Story (Prose) · Drama · 29 pages
A female deputy in Appalachia answers a Domestic Violence call and discovers a girl shackled and "available" to father and brothers, all crack shots. After a "shoot-out", the deputy transports Destiny to a hospital. The father dies in an "accident"; the brothers disappear.
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Hot Springs, North Carolina
Thirty years living in the Smoky Mountains of NC, has acquainted Karen Karper Fredette with its rich culture handed down through thirteen generations of Scots-Irish. She has written eight short stories based on life-events here, three of which placed First (2) and Second in the NC Silver Arts competition, and has completed a fiction/fantasy trilogy...
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This story placed first in the NC Senior short story competion in 2024. Three other short stories have placed First (2) or Second in the NC Senior Games in recent years.