Darby Walker

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2020

Stories (3)

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“The house with Living Walls” by Darby Walker

Submitted to Contest #139

My mother, I would assume like so many other mothers, always marked my height on the frame of a door with a pencil. It was something we both excitedly waited for, my father teased my mother and I by affectionately referring to her as a "dork." I was nine when it started, every time I went back to check how much I'd grown or add another line, well, it was then that I started to realize there was something wrong with our house.The lines were never there when we returned, always to the puzzlement of my mother and I. At first she said they must ...

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“Wonderland Syndrome” by Darby Walker

Submitted to Contest #108

Ahh how this moment brings me back, oddly enough, to a recurring dream, dreamt in odd concession at the exact time of two o'clock in the morning on the exact date of the second Tuesday of every month of my life since before I can remember. The events of this dream take place in front of what I first assume to be a church, but I gradually realize that there is no religion represented whatsoever, and it is not only clearly abandoned but now in complete and utter ruin, it's walls decay while the paint peels off of the crumbling and ominous towe...

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“Hurricane Lives” by Darby Walker

Submitted to Contest #107

He worked at a Japanese restaurant, in Arizona, which felt ironic given how far from any ocean it was and how the food served was almost exclusively seafood. Most days he worked both the lunch and dinner shifts and in between the two the restaurant was closed for two hours, from 3:00 o'clock to 5:00 o'clock. This always left him an uneven amount if time, uneven in that it was too long to stay and wait for it to re-open, but not long enough to walk all the way home and back. He could have, but the time it would’ve taken to make both trips wou...

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Author bio

I am a self published author from Arizona, and for the most part I would describe my writing as experimental fiction. My two published works can both be found on Amazon, "Words That Grew Teeth," a short story/poetry anthology, and the novella "American Masochist." My first, full length novel "Do Not Let Them Find This Book" is available now on Amazon! Links for published works: American Masochist https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093CLB731 Words That Grew Teeth https://www.amazon.com/Words-That-Teeth-Darby-Walker/dp/B098WBKVZ5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2XOT9ZQTD5T25&keywords=words+that+grew+teeth&qid=1648273154&s=books&sprefix=words+that+grew+teeth%2Cstripbooks%2C170&sr=1-1