Chuck Thompson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2020

Stories (17)

17 Stories

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“The Cowboy” by Chuck Thompson

Submitted to Contest #37

I love her. She means everything to me and has since I first met her at the Newark airport. She just arrived from Europe and I just arrived from Arizona. Who says baggage claim can’t be auspicious?Anna Draco, what a name! European light complexion, waist length rich brown hair, light dusting of makeup, that red-red lipstick that only a few women can carry off. I was in love.She knows me as Clark Dale.Turned out we were staying at the same hotel across from the Jersey version of the Mall of America. She liked to ...

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“Daniel's Place” by Chuck Thompson

Submitted to Contest #33

Joey started it. He’s the one who came up with, “Hey, they got animal rights, right?” Everyone in the shop assented. “They got gay rights and plant rights and all kinds of other rights, right?” Nodding and muttering showed everyone was onboard with Joey’s statements. “Then why the hell don’t we have cannibal rights?” That stopped the scissor snicking and the clipper buzzing as if Joey had stabbed Daniel in the eye with a pair of shears. ‡‡‡ You know how occasionally there’s a dive restaurant that scare...

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