David Coomes

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2020

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“Extra miles” by David Coomes

“ ‘…thanks a lot. This service was really great!’ And then drove away with a smile on my face.” At the conclusion of my story, the entire conference room of three hundred loan colleagues was silent. Someone sneezed about ten miles away. Then that first, lone clapper, slow and steady, gradually joined by others in a stuttering tattoo that ultimately became a roar. Like, standing ovation style, far more significant a response than one might expect after sharing their experience at the local Lube-Rite for a regular oil change. “Great story...

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“The Keeping” by David Coomes

Submitted to Contest #74

Pater smiled faintly at the feel of spring sunshine on his face, eyes closed as he reclined under the pear tree crowning Red Hill. The day had been hard. In all his years collecting King’s Tariff, he’d never felt so close to fleeing. The look in that poor widow’s eyes. All the same excuses he heard on the daily, something in those eyes, the sincerity, the helpless plea. Yeah, today had been hard. Hardest yet. All the easy days are behind us, his father was fond of saying. But old man Poll was busy fertilizing the willow now, coming on 8 year...

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