Del Garrett

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2022

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“Ringworm” by Del Garrett

Submitted to Contest #167

Operation Ringworm—Programmed to Kill By Del Garrett Can an honest man be programmed to kill? Dexter Guidry has something under his skin that is driving him crazy. He calls them worms. They race up and down his arms, and sometimes try to leap out of his body. His doctor can't figure them out. Maybe it’s all a dream. He has strange dreams. In most of them, doctors strap him down, violate his body with harsh chemicals. Always the same doctors, same room, same alteration of his body—his arms, to be precise. In the dream, Dexter no lo...

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“A Time for Heroes” by Del Garrett

Submitted to Contest #161

“Folks always called my daddy a liar.” The voice came low and sad-like from the 12-year-old who sat cross-legged on the concrete steps of the Williamsburg Regional Library on Scotland Street. Joshua Fry glanced up from the history book he was reading. His friend, Thomas Paine, could see the hurt in the young boy’s eyes. “He isn’t?” “Nope, he isn’t, but that don’t stop some people from saying he was wrong about our family history. My ancestor was a hero before George Washington.” “Washington, the Father of Our Country, helped b...

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