Adam Wootton

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Moth to a Lightbulb” by Adam Wootton

Submitted to Contest #37

The reporter had been been dead for two days. His body lay half buried in the sludge of the forest floor. The smell was abominable. Jessica held her jacket lapel over her mouth and nose as she picked the slimy leaves one by one off his face. There was no mistaking it. This was the reporter the Echo had sent into Varley woods. * Two weeks prior, some individuals at the paper had picked up the scent on a potential scoop so huge it was bound to elevate the lowly rag to the annals of regional journalism fame. The disappearance of farm anima...

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“Brainfreeze” by Adam Wootton

Submitted to Contest #35

The world was one enormous baked Alaska. Steam billowed up from every sun-dappled melting snowdrift which shrunk away to reveal the goo underneath. A sodden jam oozed out of the slush. Decomposing leaves and spongy branches and gallons and gallons of chocolatey mud. Sam watched all of this through the fogged-up classroom window like a chef checking his masterpiece through the glass of the oven. The teacher's voice droned on and on and the hot air from the heater blew into the bend of his knees, having the effect of heating his chair and lull...

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“Bran Castle Correspondence” by Adam Wootton

Submitted to Contest #34

Dearest Jonathan (or would you rather Jon?),First of all, please excuse my poor grasp of grammar. The english language is not my first tongue and as much as I try to practise I do not learn as quickly as I once did. It is regrettable that it happens to the very best of us. Secondly, it is a pleasure to finally make your acquaintance, in a digital form though it may be. I was directed towards your social media post by a young friend of mine who suggested that I should make contact with you. She is a delightful young lady who I has become very...

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