Daniel Kelly

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2019

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“Save Judgement for the End” by Daniel Kelly

Submitted to Contest #59

Ah… a small isolated town. The very definition of a wholesome community. Everyone knows each other, all know the events of the town no matter how small, people are friends with one another, and there is no need for big city business! Well… maybe not the last point, considering that the whole town is centered around a single assembly plant for one of the bigger international auto manufacturing players. With numerous loading workers coming in delivering materials and taking finished goods by rail and the big corporate managers coming over to m...

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“A Few Minutes of Solitude?” by Daniel Kelly

Submitted to Contest #58

Another day done, another day wasted on a business trip, and one more paycheck. Of course half of it is eaten up by my cheap boss making me pay for my own room at this old hotel! And eating at the stinking hotel restaurant! Sure I can fill out a form for reimbursement, but he’s always late in paying me back! I just want to go back up to my room and… sleep off the migraines. To the lift and up to the sixth and top floor… gotta say, the hotel is not that bad; has an olden rustic feel. On the surf...

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“Surprise, Surprise Christmas!” by Daniel Kelly

Submitted to Contest #19

What to do? Oh what to do? Christmas is coming, and I have nothing for my spouse! Not for the lack of trying; I’ve been trying to get this done for over a month! Alright… time to take stock of things, one more time. I am in the middle of my local downtown, where most of the local shops are located. Trying to get an idea of what she could want. Being a responsible adult, I give her a comprehensive list of my likes, dislikes, and what I have my eye on this year. When I ask for a ...

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“Leaving Home to Resettle the World” by Daniel Kelly

Submitted to Contest #6

Well, here we are again at the end of the world. Some decades after the end of the Cold War, some morons on one side or the other thought it’d be a good idea to fight each other and blast the world out of existence! Don’t know the details exactly, but human civilization is over… as we knew it. For a trio of centuries later, the United States countryside is looking pretty nice. No nuclear winter and no mutant monsters or bandit attacks! Myself? I’m just a young citizen of a small agricultural community in t...

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