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Mark Stuart

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

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Life's a Beach and Then...

Mark Stuart

Submitted to Contest #83

Jessica was sitting on the beach in an isolated cove, sunbathing in the nude, when a man walked out of the sea. That's odd, she thought, because she knew she'd seen nobody enter the water since she'd arrived a couple of hours ago. The man was about six feet tall, with long, wavy blond hair, and a physique that screamed gym addict. But who was he? Where had he come from? And how had he been underwater for so long? That was when she noticed the webbing between his fingers and toes. Well, what do you know? Is this the actual man from ...

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Driven to Distraction

Mark Stuart

Submitted to Contest #82

With space becoming more and more scarce and the world's countries finally agreeing to do something about global pollution, personal transport was no longer an option. Instead, each apartment block - there were no individual houses any longer either - was allocated a specified number of self-driving cars, depending on how many adults lived in that building. I was in a small building that only had six families, so there were two vehicles. There were times when there wasn't one available, so you had to walk, something too many citizens h...

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Grace And Walter - Teenage Lovers For Over 50 Years

Mark Stuart

Submitted to Contest #81

Grace and Walter had met in their late teens at a church event. Although they had grown up in the same town, they had never run into each other as young children because they had attended separate Catholic schools. At the fete, Grace had been selling home-made cakes on one of the stands, and Walter had felt a bit peckish and bought a small one to eat as he wandered around. He would forever remember that first bite of the chocolate fairy cake, and the young girl who had sold it to him. She'd had the most engaging smile he'd ever seen, and...

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The Day Minato Saw The Light

Mark Stuart

Submitted to Contest #80

Minato Harada was playing on the beach on the northern shore of Inoko island. Dawn had been a couple of hours ago, and he was skipping stones across the sea. His father was out on his boat, trying to catch fish to feed his family and to sell so he could buy other goods they needed. And his mother was at home, a few hundred yards away. At first, when she'd allowed him to go down to the beach by himself, she'd been worried, as all mothers are. But his father, being a fisherman, had taught his son from an early age to respect nature, especi...

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The Man With Many Hats Whose Head Was Still Cold

Mark Stuart

Submitted to Contest #78

Dylan was going through the mail one day after getting home from work and he saw a letter from a local magician, offering to do children's birthday parties. He'd been wondering what to do for their son's upcoming party, and the idea intrigued him - right up until he saw the cost. $200 for one hour! Wow! That was a lot of money to spend on top of the presents and the food and drink for the party. And then it struck him. Why not do a magic show himself? He had no idea where to start, but he was sure he’d seen a shop in town that sold...

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A Novel Idea

Mark Stuart

Submitted to Contest #77

The crackling of the logs in the fireplace was the only sound Laura could hear. And she was OK with that. Well, better than OK actually, because it was precisely what she’d wanted, the reason she’d rented this remote cabin for the week. Her only regret was that the bad weather had made it even more remote than she’d planned. The storm had taken the power lines down, so there was no electricity, phone, or Internet. She stared at her laptop on the coffee table, wondering whether she dare power it up. If she did, she’d be able to get a few ...

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