Nick Archer

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

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“Café Dexter” by Nick Archer

Submitted to Contest #58

There is a place further up the street, but it is cold and wet, and I am tired. My choice of attire today has been found lacking. Mistakes have been made. My waterproof coat is hanging up by the door at home, having been usurped by the far warmer fleece-lined, cord bomber jacket with the fluffy collar. It has been snowing since the day before, so logic would dictate that it was the correct choice, but as the day had gone on, the flakes had become considerably wetter. As a result, my jacket and woolly gloves are soaked through, and even my fe...

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“Toothbrush & Pants” by Nick Archer

Submitted to Contest #55

Can you keep a secret? The cat asks a third time, despite me ignoring their previous attempts to elicit a reply from me. The flywheel of my bicycle buzzes like a pursuant fly as I push it along the path of the park, handle-bars gripped on my left. The cat trots along on the right, it's gait light and carefree, as though it doesn't care about the answer; taking pleasure simply in the asking of it. I can feel the golden eyes staring up at me, and sense the inevitability of the inquiry being repeated a fourth time. At this point, I'd like to ma...

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“Deluge” by Nick Archer

Submitted to Contest #47

DELUGE NEIL When the ceiling breaks, it cracks like thunder, a sudden and deafening sound that sends tremors through the living room. You hear it fall. Hear the paper that covers the surface rip, the wet wood twist and sheer, the plaster crash into the desk where you were sat just seconds before. You don't see it. Your back is to the place where your computer sits with your paperwork and your diaries and your textbooks, After the initial, ear-rending cacophony, the noise fades, like someone slowly turning the volume down. Chunks of p...

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Author bio

As an author, I have produced several independent novels and am the writer of numerous short and feature-length screenplays. My intense and unique visual style is prevalent in my work as a film director, having worked on many short films and music videos, and as well as in my time in photography.