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Brian DiPaolo

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2025

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El Billete Manda

Submitted to Contest #322

The low riders cruised the streets, blanketing dust onto their chrome wheel hubs. Off to the side, La Mala Vida. Distinguished by its collection of choppers resting on it’s curb. The metal grated door, making the bar feel more like a renovated home than an actual establishment. In the back, a singular, dimly lit pool table. A stack of cash lying loosely over the corner pocket. A gathering of Marines, anxiously standing at attention. Before he even pocketed the black eight ball, Rudi was making his way around the table to gather his winnings....

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A Witch Hunter’s Guide: The Wraith of the Woods

Submitted to Contest #319

Let it be known, I write this story in defiance of the Norfolk council. For they would see the events of October 1659 hidden away, forgotten. But I cannot and will not live among the ignorance. Let this story serve to teach. Serve to teach all new settlers of America to be wary of witch folk.***My name is Abigail Thorne. At the time of the events in this story, I was 16 years old. You also must know, that roughly two months prior to the events of October 1659, an unknown force began threatening the townsfolk. People began finding strange run...

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The Assistant's Cut

Submitted to Contest #318

Raya awoke to find the sun had still not risen. Her third day in row beating the sun to start the day. She rose out of the bed and shuffled over to open the curtains. Despite the early morning hour, she was overtly aware of the futility in this action. The soft glow of two street lights below spared some light into her room. The street was lonely but off in the distance she saw a young man reach the base of the steep road. Friday would be two months in the small Irish coast town of Dingle. Raya was working as the personal assistant to a fair...

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The Things We Think We Know

Submitted to Contest #317

The sunken, makeshift basement was damp and dirty with electrical components strewn everywhere. In the background, the projection blared, “Why don’t I teach you the hard way?” Knox Ames proclaimed before landing a punch to jaw of a no name henchman. Lenny barreled down the staircase, knocking Miles awake. “Dude you gotta see this!” He shoved a hand in Miles’s face. His holo-ring projected a screen above his palm. The headline on the display read, ‘First government approved Time Vacation…to Disney World’ “They actually did it! That family cam...

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