Derek White

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2022

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3 Stories

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“Changes” by Derek White

Submitted to Contest #288

The day had started out relatively normal. Thomas had woke up at 5, brushed his teeth, flossed, and made his morning smoothy to take to work with him just like he had the past one thousand days before that. Aside from the random chore or inane conversations he had with his pregnant wife, Melissa, some mornings, everything typically remained unperturbed in his day to day operations. He rode the bus to work with two transfers that he didn't actually mind because it gave him time to make his to-do list for the upcoming day. On todays agenda was...

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“Sink” by Derek White

Submitted to Contest #253

The seas were taking a heavy toll on The Captains vessel tonight. Though the seas were typically rather volatile even on a good day, he couldn’t help but think of just how vicious and unforgiving they were in the days before. Heavy swells lapped up against the side of the hull heaving him around his ship unforgivingly. The Captain had found himself in a storm that he had foreseen. He had observed all the warning signs and alerts that a storm was to be expected but headed no mind as to what was to come, reasoning that it was unlikely that he,...

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“Crash” by Derek White

Submitted to Contest #158

It was about twenty past nine o’clock at night. There was a light condensation on the windshield of Edwards Corolla. It had been raining all through the day but had mostly stopped by this point. He did not even see the car coming at first.Edward had been driving home from work at the assisted living facility he worked at, treating patients with mental handicaps resulting from brain injuries, strokes, or just sheer bad luck like plowing into a semi-truck while riding a motorcycle or getting their head bashed in with a pipe wrench by their wif...

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