Dean Nichols

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

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“Dorian Manor” by Dean Nichols

Submitted to Contest #271

In the quiet town of Seaport Summit, nested on a plateau among rolling hills and whispering pines, lived Eleanor Gray, a librarian with a penchant for mysteries. Eleanor's days were spent surrounded by books old and new, their stories weaving through her mind like a continuous narrative. One crisp autumn late evening, Eleanor locked the door and walked through the cobblestone path to her car as she has done for the last forty years. She noticed a small, weathered envelope tucked under a rock. Curiosity piqued, she picked it up. Inside was a ...

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“The Letter.” by Dean Nichols

Submitted to Contest #215

My name is Jonathan Young. The strange event surrounding my disappearance left a lot of unanswered questions. It was not an abduction, suicide, or murder; and not even God, because neither he couldn’t stop the evil I’d unleash. Starting from the beginning, my childhood was a bed of Rose-stems and thorns. Growing up with my parents was difficult. I was the odd one out of the family; and it’s not that was a bad kid, I was introvert -and it was misinterpreted as contemptuous and dismissive behavior. On the other hand, my sister Annette, she’...

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“The Question.” by Dean Nichols

Submitted to Contest #210

In the year 2098, seventy-five years after the 2023 conflict between USA, Russia, and South Asia, which resulted in the devastating WW III, the Earth still try to recover from a twenty-year nuclear winter who claimed the lives of millions of people. With natural resources depleted, the few survivors live in the rubble of collapsed buildings, feeding mainly on wildlife, and some have even turned to cannibalism. Nonetheless, there are signs of civilization in the safe zones. The safe zones are mainly the high-tech areas, such Silicon Valley,...

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Author bio

Just another fantasy writer of the darker genre. My WIP includes editing my feature film The Malediction Legacy, and the short LGBT film, Gigi Lamar. Also, the novels Nunnery, the darker side of heaven, and my short story anthology Fantasy Times. https://www.deannichols.net/