Eric Smiley

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Waiting on Reedsy” by Eric Smiley

Submitted to Contest #49

Timothy Boundeslas couldn't wait. He couldn't, he had written beyond any doubt the perfect short story that he was sure to win this week's Reedsy Short Story Contest. A beautiful story, "Bobby Brittlethorp and the Bully" about a boy who, after coming into contact with a radioactive Bombardier Beetle, develops the ability to shoot hot acid at people. It was soo good. He was going to be an author. He had waited almost seventy years to do so but now was his time. Well the first five or ten years were really about getting out of diapers and lear...

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“Bobby Brittlethorp and the Bully” by Eric Smiley

Submitted to Contest #48

Bobby Brittlethrop was a boy of no account by any means. He was very slight. no weight to him so to speak, not the brightest bulb on the tree, and he had these delusions of having an ability to help people. It was a combination that made for a risky life for in the Oakland, California public school system. But Bobby managed not well but well enough. His parents were nice people. Mom worked at the Walmart as a clerk and Dad kept the water flowing at the city's Public Utilities. Bobby was getting picked on. And as the kids grew older the bul...

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Author bio

I'm a children's book author with Robbie Raindrop and the Plum" available online and in the Seattle Public Library.