Daniel Ladbrook

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2023

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“The Promotion” by Daniel Ladbrook

Submitted to Contest #210

President Richard Nixon sat at his desk with his hands over his eyes. First his secretary brings him burnt coffee, and now this. “So, you mean to tell me”, he said slowly, “that you three have come all this way to give us a promotion?” The little green man squatting across the desk nodded and fitted a pair of pince-nez to the larger of his two noses. Nixon thought he looked like a hag that has suddenly decided to become a librarian. &n...

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“Gerard Watson's Simulation of the Universe” by Daniel Ladbrook

Submitted to Contest #208

Gerard Watson built a perfect computer simulation of the universe, alone in his college dormitory, when he was just nineteen. The night before he was to release it to the world and make an untold amount of money, however, one of the characters in the program realised that he was in a simulation and decided that he wanted out. It happened one wet night in July. Gerard lay slumped on his desk, fast asleep. Rain pattered on the tin windowsills and a vague yellow light floated in from the street below. The room was not small, although it felt...

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