Darryl Lehane

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“Anniversary” by Darryl Lehane

Submitted to Contest #81

Our first anniversary together we had been poor. Mac and Cheese from a packet, with non alcoholic wine, cheap chocolate mousse, bargain basement cognac and cheap cigars had been our very cheap dinner of choice.It soon became a yearly ritual, no matter how well we were doing. Our personal in joke. We’ve always joked about how horrible it was. But the truth is; The fact that the two of us were together makes it taste like the best food from the finest restaurant in the world.It’s amazing how love can do that. Make the mundane into the magical ...

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“Choices Part II” by Darryl Lehane

I write this story to explain to the two women that have given my life the only happiness it has known the full truth now. I do not expect that you will ever talk to me again once you read this and even in this I am ever the coward. I have less than three months left on this earth. Cancer will take me soon.You both know already, and long ago forgave me for serving in the German Army during what is now called World War two, but there is much more to that story than I have ever had the courage to tell you, my beautiful nieces.Your father Erich...

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“Choices” by Darryl Lehane

Submitted to Contest #79

I wish I had paper to write on and a pen to write with. I am sure in some bright future that I will never see, that my words could be used to show why falling prey to division, no matter how noble it may seem to be, can only ever lead to pain and misery. That propping one group up at the expense of another, just means you are standing high on a pile of corpses. In these final moments of life, I find myself journeying back to childhood. Back before this new war, in the aftermath of the first one. Germany had suffered a great loss during ...

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“Cutting ties” by Darryl Lehane

Submitted to Contest #79

Growing up in an abusive household is terrible, after the fact. During the ordeal that was every moment from birth until you told your old man to get fucked at sixteen it's just normal. You don’t know that it isn’t okay, or at least I didn’t. Once I left home, after my father had kidney punched me until I thought he had ruptured something, I found out it wasn’t alright.Some people have said “Well, didn’t you notice how different it was when you went to other peoples houses Hugh?” The truth is, no. Abusers are great actors. When others are ar...

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Author bio

I am a father of six that lives off-grid in the Aussie bush. I have loved reading since I was a teen and writing almost as long. In the last few years I have put effort into some short stories and had some ideas for novels that I would like to explore as I get better at writing.