David Van Uffelen

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

Stories (9)

9 Stories

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“Sometimes” by David Van Uffelen

Submitted to Contest #181

Sometimes it’s easy to see what’s about to happen next. You put on your running shoes and as you step outside you notice the rain clouds in the sky. You have a choice now. Better yet: you have an excuse. Tomorrow those rain clouds will be gone and that gives you the opportunity to do something else today. Something fun.But as soon as you kick off those running shoes all the other chores on that dreadful to-do list suddenly pop up in your head. You regretfully start to wash the dishes and it doesn’t take long before going out for a run seems ...

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“Through Time” by David Van Uffelen

Submitted to Contest #96

It should have been easy. Data coming back from the probe predicated a suitable environment, without any chance of interference with the local population. But as soon as I step through the timegate, I sense that something is wrong. The whole process of travelling to the future doesn’t take more than a second, but this time I get stuck in the limbo for several seconds. Once I get to the other side of the portal I land just off shore in an ice cold sea. The cold water takes me by surprise and while my body fights against the shocking cold,...

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“Before they fall” by David Van Uffelen

Submitted to Contest #92

Victor stared through the window of his apartment. Night had come and most of the city was asleep. It was a moonless night, but a thick layer of clouds denied the city of a view at the stars. In the distance, the wailing sound of sirens alarmed the city of a possible air raid. They faded slowly as he lost himself in his memories. He liked to visit his memories as they took him back to another time. When life was a lot simpler and less dangerous. It reminded him of how life was before the war began. Before fear had settled in the hearts and...

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“Home Improvement” by David Van Uffelen

Submitted to Contest #82

REBOOTING Lucas, your typical computer programmer/nerd, looked at the blinking lights of the central controller and waited anxiously for the system to reboot. He had spent the last two years building his own home automation system and today was going to be the day everything would be connected to Ellie. He had used his own initials – Lucas Elliot – as inspiration for the name of the A.I. that would control everything. But the name of the system was the least of his concerns at the moment. From the moment the A.I. would c...

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“Valentine's Day” by David Van Uffelen

Submitted to Contest #81

Lisa liked to keep a good pace when she walked through the corridors of the Hillside Retirement Home. She was on her way to clean the apartment of the last resident on her list. After that was done she would go home and enjoy a nice Valentine’s Day evening with her boyfriend. One of the more notorious residents was standing in the doorway of his apartment, waiting to draw the attention of a staff member and lure them inside with complaints about smaller inconveniences like the temperature of the fridge or an imaginary cold draft. It was a...

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“Back to the moon” by David Van Uffelen

Submitted to Contest #80

Little Richie looked up in awe as he stared at the oddly shaped spacecraft that would take his dad to the moon. He was given front row tickets for this historical event, much to envy of his fellow classmates who had to follow the launch from a few rows behind him. Elisabeth, his mother, was sitting next to him and she gave him a smile as they waited until Big Richie would appear on the launch platform. She had her concerns when he told her that he was selected to go to the moon, but she turned around after he assured her there was nothin...

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“Reboot required” by David Van Uffelen

Submitted to Contest #79

Images flashed before his eyes. They disappeared too fast to see, but he knew they were memories. Maybe he still carried memories of a previous life with him? They said it wasn’t possible, but the technology was still under development. The only thing he was certain of was that the flashing images were a bad sign.*“Did you sleep well last night?” She asked it every morning, but today she already knew the answer. He had been sleeping restless the whole night.“No.” He couldn’t hide the concern in his voice.“The images again?”He nodded.“I know ...

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“Shakespeare's Poetry” by David Van Uffelen

Submitted to Contest #78

This is the story about my friend Danny. We graduated together from college and were best friends during the wildest time of our lives. But as time went by, we lost touch with each other. While I found satisfaction in my job and started a family, Danny didn’t slow down much after college. He kept on partying in the weekends and lost more than one job because he didn’t stop to party until Tuesday. It didn’t help that he started all his weekends on Thursday evening either. He made new friends to go out with when I moved to the city to be c...

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“A Blanket of Snow” by David Van Uffelen

Submitted to Contest #77

The snow crunched underneath his feet as he slowly stood up. He looked down at his feet and watched as a soft breeze of wind moved a few snowflakes around, eventually tossing them aside and moved on. The man did not know how he got here or who he was. But that wasn’t the main thought running through his mind at the moment. Where was he? He hadn’t seen a landscape like this before. The whole world seemed to be covered with snow. His surroundings seemed only to exist out of a few rolling hills, all covered in a blanket of snow. As far as he c...

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Author bio

It was 1996 when I wrote my first short story. Amazed with what I had accomplished, I didn't write another one until late 2020. It took a global pandemic and too much free time to ignite the spark again. But now my imagination runs free and I've got 25 years of catching up to do. At the moment I'm mostly writing/reading to improve my skills. English is not my native language, so please don't hesitate to correct me when I'm wrogn (see what I did there?). Let me hear what you think!