Johnathan Nelson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2021

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“A Clean Slate” by Johnathan Nelson

Submitted to Contest #244

A flame swaying atop a stub of melted, beige candle wax illuminates a round, dark walnut kitchen table. A picture of a toddler, creased and faded from decades spent trapped in the depths of a brown, leather billfold lays next to a plate of cold grouper and withered vegetable medley. Howard, a man in his early fifties, dressed in a white button down shirt and charcoal slacks holds a cell phone with the contact ‘Son’ at the top of the screen with four identical texts left unanswered, Danny, where are you? Howard’s urgency growing with eac...

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