Dennis Haak

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2021

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“The Invisible Fan” by Dennis Haak

Submitted to Contest #256

As Gerard climbed the steps of the buzzing stands, making his way to his usual spot at the 5th row from the top, he kept looking at the score board. How on earth did he manage to miss an entire half? Never before had he misjudged the starting time of his daughter's soccer games. And now today, of all days, it had happened. He couldn’t quite put his finger on why it happened, but that didn't matter now. He was here. He quickly slipped into his seat at the 5th row. The parents around him didn’t glance his way, nor did they acknowledge his hurr...

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“Balba” by Dennis Haak

Submitted to Contest #239

Shortly after becoming aware of every touch, bounce, squeeze, spin and roll, Balba started to think about its purpose in life. But Balba soon learned that it would have very little time to actually think about this. And the main reason for that was Kevin, his small-sized human owner of 3 years old who gave Balba its name.Every day Balba was propelled into the air, hurled across a room or thrown from the stairs by Kevin. Not necessarily in this order. Sometimes Kevin would just focus on one of these activities. And it could last for hours on ...

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“Valentine Day's at 83 and a half” by Dennis Haak

Submitted to Contest #237

After Eleanor had slowly made her way down the flight of stairs, taking breaks along the way to catch her breath, she had finally reached the apartment mailboxes on the ground floor."I really should not have picked an apartment on the third floor", she mumbled to herself as she wiped drops of sweat from her forehead with her wrinkly hand.Once again the elevator was not working. But Eleanor was a woman of routine and would not let this stand in her way. The mailbox had to be checked. Every day at 17.00 ‘o clock, no exceptions. She grabbed a k...

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“CHECK” by Dennis Haak

Submitted to Contest #205

- Trigger warning: mental health - Dan really envied people who could just grab their things and leave their house in a flash when they needed to go to work. This particular morning the thought hadn't crossed his mind yet, because things were going smoothly for once.Despite having started his closing ceremony only a minute ago, he had already finished making sure the door to his balcony and the windows of his apartment were locked. The first great disaster had been prevented: burglary. Not only that, Dan had managed to do so without feeling ...

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Author bio

Hi, I am Dennis from The Netherlands. Thanks for stopping by. I like to write short stories as way to build my writing practice and skills. But maybe even more important: to shut up my ever-present inner critic who is always lurking in the shadows. Let me know what you think of my stories, both the good and the bad so I can learn from it. Thanks! :)