Chuck Suave

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2024

Stories (3)

3 Stories

32 karma pts

?

“The Wicked Tide” by Chuck Suave

“What’s Out There? Under Those Waves!”In the small coastal town of Helmsmouth, Dr Sophia Turner sat on the dunes and watched the waves roll in. White horses breaking violently onto the beach.It was always like this on the northeast coast of Scotland and she loved sitting here. Listening to the waves and birds overhead, breathing in the fresh sea air. The sea had always been a friend and foe to her. She was a marine biologist.The government commissioned her to assess the impact on marine life after a mysterious shipwreck was discovered just o...

0 comments 0
Read story

“The 'Steam And Sip' Eavesdropper” by Chuck Suave

Submitted to Contest #275

It was a dreich Monday and one that promised more rain later. I’d grabbed an earlier bus that morning, I needed to get my usual seat and my Monday morning fix. As I hurried along the high street towards the café, The Steam And Sip, I looked up at the darkening clouds and quickened my pace. I found ‘my spot’, a small corner seat by the café window. This was the perfect spot to do some people-watching outside and people listening inside. The acoustics were perfect here, not too loud to drown out conversations and quiet enough to pick up on t...

0 comments 0
Read story

“Dem Dam Dogs” by Chuck Suave

Submitted to Contest #274

"I've never liked dogs," I told my therapist.Here I was, a forty-year-old man and I was in counselling because a couple of dogs barked and lunged at me. I was literally scared shitless by it. I couldn't go on like this and needed help.Rewind several years to me as a young child. My most vivid memory was of me, my brothers and Mum out for a day at the park. A dog was running around barking and jumping up on folk. I was a bit scared so I tried to stay away from it, however, it sensed my fear and started running towards me. I shouted to my mum ...

4 comments 4
Read story

Author bio

I invented the clan system in Scotland, tartan and the recipe for haggis. I was also the first person to reach the summit of Ben Nevis in flip-flops. I swam from John O'Groats to Shetland, "There was no Cineworld there though, so I just swam back." I have written one thousand highly regarded books and a team of experts are attempting to grasp their meaning. The chief expert said, "It might take a century to decipher all of them." I am also a brilliant storyteller — but not all of them are true.