Malcolm Twigg

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2023

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“The Puppeteer” by Malcolm Twigg

Submitted to Contest #261

The time: around 1955, I would have been ten years old.  The place: Woodville Church of England Junior School.  The day: irrelevant, but probably Thursday of a balmy Spring afternoon. It always seemed to be Thursday and balmy in those days, with the smell of chalk dust in the air and lazy motes of it drifting in the shafted sunlight through the windows. It’s a wonder we didn’t all come down with silicosis. It always seemed to be springtime then as well, and if it wasn’t there always seemed to be snow on the ground with cream bursti...

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“Midsummer Night's ... Nightmare” by Malcolm Twigg

Submitted to Contest #257

Contains satirical reference to transexual, lesbian themes, neurological disorder and stereotypical racial profiling.“Are you sure we got the right place, Moragh? The note didnae specify a location.” Moragh peered again at it. “Aye, it did, Eilidh. The most important thing is the weather, and there is nae thunder and lighting, nor rain, so …”“And I should bloody well hope not,” the third member of the group broke in, with some acerbity glancing up at the lowering skies. “Not yet. Does anyone actually know why we’re sat here on this bla...

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