David Nesbit

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2021

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“Blessed” by David Nesbit

Submitted to Contest #196

Oh, think twice. It’s just another day in paradise’. The wafting sounds of Phil Collins’ hit from a few years ago were cutting into the mid-day sun as Bobby made his way down to the beach to while away another few hours of his well-earned holiday. Although just 23 years of age, Bobby sometimes felt much older. He had been working full-time since he left school seven years earlier and in that time had applied himself to such a degree in that he already felt on the verge of burnout. It wasn’t a good feeling, and so pretty much at the insis...

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“New Year, Same Old Year” by David Nesbit

Submitted to Contest #126

New Year's Eve and the more things changed the more they stayed the same. Clive sighed. It wasn't so much a sigh of frustration as much as it was one of resignation. He knew the closing of the year would be much the same as it was every year - the same old faces with the same old forced jollity, the determined good nature of people who for 364 days of the year at best tolerated and at worst actively despised one another, the obligatory countdown to midnight followed by thirty seconds or so of incessant screeching and yelling of good wishes...

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“Better Late Than Never” by David Nesbit

Submitted to Contest #125

Meggie didn't know if she was going to make it - in more than one meaning of the term. The taxi driver was doing his best to weave in and out of the ever-thickening traffic, but Megs, as she preferred to be known, wasn't feeling hopeful. It wasn't just the prospect of reaching Singapore's Changi airport in time to catch her scheduled Garuda flight back to Surabaya, Indonesia, that she was worried about, but whether or not she was going to be able to make it out of the taxi before she vomited. Because vomit she would. She knew that. ...

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