Jules D'Arcy

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2023

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“The Butterfly Detective” by Jules D'Arcy

Submitted to Contest #271

All realities are real until proven otherwise; this is the first principle of quantum detection.The second is that every observer changes what they observeThere are three things you should know about Detective Hiroshi Tanaka: he has solved every case assigned to him in the past three years, he hasn't dreamed since the night of his first butterfly case, and sometimes, when he looks in the mirror, his reflection moves a fraction of a second too late. The department psychologist says this is normal for someone who has seen what he has seen. She...

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“The Unbearable Lightness of Being Blue” by Jules D'Arcy

Submitted to Contest #270

IAn Epicurean Tour of The United Provinces of Spitzbergen The year... well, the precise year escapes me, as does much that happened on that peculiar voyage. What remains, cemented onto memory with briny permanence, is the lingering sense of desolation and the undeniable pull of the archipelago known as The United Provinces of Spitzbergen. A land of unremitting gray, an outpost birthed from cartographical mistakes, a place where melancholia bloomed more freely than the sparse wildflowers clinging to the wind blasted cliffs. Let me not dwell ...

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“Black Creek: Messiah” by Jules D'Arcy

Submitted to Contest #270

[Log Entry 1: Pay Attention] You know that feeling when you're simultaneously the biggest and smartest person in the room, but you'd give anything to be neither? Welcome to my world.I'm Jacob Kane, and at 11 years old, I'm already pushing over six feet tall. Oh, and I have a brain that makes Einstein look like he's struggling with basic arithmetic. Fun times, right? As I duck my head to avoid decapitation by the school bus door frame (again), I can't help but wonder if the universe is playing some cosmic joke on me. I mean, who decided to p...

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