Alexander Colfer - Writer on Reedsy Prompts

3 Stories

47 karma pts

Don't Mind Me

Submitted to Contest #318

TRIGGER WARNING: CONTAINS THEMES OF DEATH AND LONELINESS, GUILT AND EMOTIONAL TRAUMA. MAIN BODY OF TEXT MondayMarcus never saw the car that missed him by the narrowest of margins, the wind from its passing ruffling his coat. He stumbled backwards onto the pavement, heart hammering, as the taxi swerved back into the traffic on North Michigan Avenue without slowing."Don't mind me," Marcus muttered to no one in particular, straightening his grey suit jacket. Around him, the Chicago morning rush continued without pause, commuters hurrying toward...

3 likes

0 comments 0

Read story

Dear Diary: My Week in Hell (Thanks, Horoscope)

Alexander Colfer

Shortlisted for Contest #317 ⭐️

Monday, 23rd OctoberDear Diary,Well, I've officially hit rock bottom. And it's all because I'm apparently an idiot who believes in astrology now.It started this morning when I grabbed a coffee and saw the newspaper horoscope. "Beware of water today, Scorpio." Normally, I'd ignore this rubbish, but something made me read it. Maybe because Karen from accounting is always going on about "the universe sending signs."So I decided to be extra careful around water. Skipped my shower (gross, I know). Avoided the coffee machine. Carried my umbrella e...

22 likes

14 comments 14

Read story

Red is the colour

Alexander Colfer

Submitted to Contest #292

“White is the colour” I whispered to myself as the Dolmus, which literally means stuffed bus in Turkish, bumped and rocked beneath me as the driver raced along the dusty road. I close my eyes against the bright morning light, grip the rail on top of the seat in front of me, and begin to repeat the phrase over and over, a meditational mantra to help me remember. The memory comes forward, and I find myself reliving my first journey on this same road all those decades ago. I gasped in wonder seeing the festooned lights of the village spreading ...

4 likes

0 comments 0

Read story

Author bio

I'm a 62-year-old emerging writer who discovered my passion for storytelling after a successful career as a global business manager. My work took me across six continents, providing a rich tapestry of international perspectives that inform my writing. Though my previous writing focused on technical and marketing materials, I now channel my creativity into literary fiction, drawing on my deep Irish roots in Enniscorthy for my distinctive humour. I find that my ADHD—while sometimes challenging—fuels unique perspectives and vivid descriptive passages when I'm "in the zone." I live in Bootle, Merseyside, UK.

1 shortlisted story ⭐️

Contest #317

Dear Diary: My Week in Hell (Thanks, Horoscope) – read story