Bill Miller

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2024

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“Into the depths” by Bill Miller

Submitted to Contest #247

Dr. Dorian Ashcroft was no stranger to life on a submarine. Dorian had served three tours of duty as a sonar technician on the Los Angeles Class submarine USS Charlotte in the late 1990s. His last tour in the North Atlantic had taken him to depths he’d not seen on prior tours. Dorian entered the Navy after high school as a way to pay for college. After basic training he spent 16 weeks in sonar technician training figuring his skills at math, science and listening to 90s grun...

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“A chat with Joe Booker” by Bill Miller

Submitted to Contest #239

"Put my lid back on, you're letting all the heat out!""What? Who said that?""I said, put my lid back on, you're letting all the heat out! After all these years you've never noticed how long it takes me to heat your food back up after you take my lid off? Put my lid back on!""Are you...are you talking to me?" "You're the only one still living in this house, so yeah, I'm talking to you. Who'd you think I was talking to, the toaster? That du...

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“Another lousy month?” by Bill Miller

Submitted to Contest #238

"I can't believe we posted ANOTHER month of results this BAD!", Tom fumed as he wagged his finger at the latest red dot on the chart. "November was NOT supposed to end up HERE!" The red dot on the conference room tv that Tom's finger was now firmly pressing down upon represented yet another disastrous month of losses for the company. The horizontal axis of the chart showed months going back in time to the beginning of the year when the new product line started up. The trend line looked like a crack across the center of the ...

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“Rewinding Hearts” by Bill Miller

Submitted to Contest #236

“This is the town I lived in when I graduated from college and started my first grown-up job Emily. Your mom and I met here.” I shared with my disinterested teenage daughter. Emily was sitting in the back seat with her socks up on the seat of the van and elbows on her knees. She was busy texting away as we drove through South central Iowa on our way to see the in-laws. She looked up briefly from her iPhone to acknowledge me with a quick nod before returning to her besties. Laura smiled at me and said “I wonde...

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“JJ’s summer” by Bill Miller

Submitted to Contest #235

"I ran *huff* as fast *huff* as I could!" I sputtered as I stood on the front porch of the tan double-wide trailer, hands on my knees and gasping for breath. The sweat from my brow burned as it dripped into my eyes. Jimmy came running up behind me in no better shape than I was. "Billy, what the heck are you running up here all hot and bothered about," Mom asked as she opened the cracked screen door to let us inside. "Com...

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Author bio

Believer, husband, father to teenage twins. Musician, engineering manager, wanna-be writer