Mary Haskett / Author

Writing Credits

Reverend Mother's Daughter:

Winner of the Bronze IPPY Award in the 2008 International Literary Competition

Finalist in the Life Stories category, The Word Guild of Canada National Award

Won second place in a short story contest administered by InScribe Fellowship Canada June 2008

Published in: FellowScript Magazine

The Upper Room Magazine

Beyond Ordinary Living

Everyday Grace, Every Day Miracles

Regular contributor to: Christian Life in London

Excerpts from Reverend Mother's Daughter:

"The adults talked about the war all the time. One particular piece of news filled me with terror; a German submarine had been caught in the harbor. And then one Saturday afternoon a few days later, a plane flew low and shot people as they lay sunbathing on the beach. Then-horror of horrors-the next week as we were playing on the lawn, running after each other in a game of 'butterfly chase,' Mr. Morgan, the warden, jumped up from his deckchair. "Get inside," he screamed, "Hurry! Hurry!" I heard the familiar drone of the plane and almost before we started running it was there flying so low I could see the pilot. I grabbed Hazil's hand, we could hear the machine gun fire as we raced screaming up the drive way and into the house..."

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..."As I did I stared in disbelief. In one blinding flash I saw Sister St Claire. As if in an instant of time, her familiar rolling gait, like a nightmare, came toward me, her white veil flapping in the night wind. The road came up to meet me as I crashed at her feet." Scruffy licked my face whining softly as I struggled up. I took his leash from Ann while she lifted the bike..."

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"For a while Mario wouldn't tell me where he worked. "Tell me," I'd say, as I looked into his blue eyes, but instead he would plant a butterfly kiss on my mouth."...

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