Jasper Quilp

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2020

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“But only God can make a tree” by Jasper Quilp

Submitted to Contest #63

By the time I stepped outside, the leaves were on fire. I was scraping my toast over the sink when I heard the thunderclap, swearing as I fumbled it into the piled up dirty dishes. I rushed outside imagining that something terrible had happened to the house. Instead, I found myself standing there on the back porch, dumbfounded. Flames had settled on the branches of our Beech tree like a flock of brightly colored bird...

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“Inheritance” by Jasper Quilp

Submitted to Contest #61

I must report the passing of Lady Inglewood, March 31st 1880, two weeks prior now, due to a sudden and unexpected illness whose rapidity of onset was only exceeded by that of her decline. Had the doctors who were called arrived in time, there would have been little they could have offered her. The exact nature of her illness remains unknown, except that the household staff inform me it was preceded by ...

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