Michael Wills

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2020

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Smoked Salmon” by Michael Wills

Submitted to Contest #43

The trade order was about to be filled and the tension in the room was palpable. George had planned this trade for the past year with his investing partner James. Together George and James had grown a combined $1,857 into $3 million over a two year period and now 99% of that growth was at stake. This created tension, James had moved to the conference room and now they were talking via Zoom to help decrease the pressure they were feeling. This was a far cry from serving an uncooked fish or steak in their restaurant.The two were not in their o...

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“Stones” by Michael Wills

Submitted to Contest #42

Jeff had potentially found the vaunted Benitoite boulder that was famous treasure hunter/mineral collector lore. Originally found in the newly formed State of California, the miner who had found the gem in 1904 but could never confirm the type of stone and stored the “dark blue rock”. That miner did not stay in California after striking out at mining, he returned to Texas near Fort Worth to start a supply and service business for oil producers and made a good life for himself. During his years he stored his valuables in the local bank, never...

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“Inner Circle” by Michael Wills

Submitted to Contest #40

The killer whales had arrived without a noise and surprised the activist who had fallen from the electric boat circling the off shore oil rig. Typically Orca’s do not attack humans, there are very few attacks in the wild reported. This was one of the reasons that Jeff did act in fear upon seeing these magnificent animals appear around him, the boat, and the rig. Captain Ron, Commander Steve, and biologist Sarah all felt the same but what transpired baffled each of them and changed potentially the inter-mammal relationship. The Sherman o...

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