Dylan Heath

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“The Night” by Dylan Heath

Jill wrote in the cafe down the street from her apartment. She shoved her curly red hair underneath an old hoodie and listened to the new Beck album through old headphones. She stared at the screen of her laptop, her chin resting in her right hand. Her left hand rested on her bicep. She picked out a sentence on her keyboard with her index fingers and then immediately erased it. She rested her chin back in her hand and st...

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“Woman in Red” by Dylan Heath

Mark walked into Joe’s place and sat down next to nobody. Joe’s place was a dark bar on a small street in the part of Mark’s neighborhood most people didn’t spend much time in. It wasn’t the closest bar to his apartment or the cheapest place in the neighborhood, but it was the only place that still let him drink. He understood why he couldn’t go to the other places. He’d get drunk and start a fight and they’d kick hi...

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“Le Chapeau” by Dylan Heath

“I will not stop harping on this. I told you I didn’t want the escargot, but you got it anyway.” “Yeah and I ate it. You didn’t have any of it. So what’s the problem?” “Of course I didn’t have any of it. It’s disgusting. They’re fucking snails, what’s wrong with you?” Sara leaned over at her waist to level her eyes with Avi. She waved her index finger in her face. Her left hand held tight on her hip and ...

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“Line By Line” by Dylan Heath

“Ummm … Is this the line to … umm the line to … get the …” “Uhh yeah, it’s right here.” “Oh ok yeah, I’ve just never done this before.” The line, clusters of friends and family standing together but avoiding strangers, moved up one group. “Yeah me neither.” “Oh no I didn’t mean to say you have. I just was saying … it’s just that I’m … I don’t usually …” She nervously twisted a gol...

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Author bio

I went to school for Journalism and then went into the restaurant industry. I was born from the words of Hemingway and Vonnegut and was raised on Joyce and Talese and Zadie Smith.