Nicholas Clark

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2023

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“The Cat and the King” by Nicholas Clark

The rain was relentless. A thick sheet of it draped the lip of the bridge. Below, the metal boxes containing humans whizzed by, spraying fractals against the concrete slope, leaking fresh puddles out along the sidewalk like blood. The cat licked hard at the scabby head of her youngest, buttermilk like his father but for a diamond of black fur on his scalp, the only evidence he was hers. Something was not right about him—the skin hung loose from his twiggy frame in piles. If she let him wander, he’d rub against the wall and tear hi...

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“The Dragon and the Queen” by Nicholas Clark

Ain’t no smell like a garage that ain’t seen daylight in ten years, Luther thought. Like a tomb for dust bunnies. He flipped the switch, but of course the lights didn’t work, filaments in the bulbs long since sizzled out. Same for the garage door opener—deader than church on Super Bowl Sunday. He’d have to rustle up a flashlight somewhere, was pretty sure he had one in the kitchen junk drawer. After he’d located it—and ...

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