P. R. Darkwood

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2021

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“A Jamie Day” by P. R. Darkwood

Submitted to Contest #119

What would you do if you only had one day left to live? It’s a hard question to answer. Maybe you would have a picnic in the park, go dancing with your spouse, or just head down to the river and spend your last day fishing with a close friend. See, it’s a scary thing to know what’s going to happen before it happens. It all started with a few words: “Jamie will be coming with us, pack a bag for him and be ready Friday morning.” These were the words I had heard the large man in the black suit say to my father Wednesday night. Jamie and I had e...

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“The Last Day of Winter” by P. R. Darkwood

Submitted to Contest #118

Trigger Warning: This story contains a mild mention of blood, minor violence, and slightly scary imagery. A biting cold nipped at Grevan’s ears as he trudged through the waist deep blanket of snow covering the field in which he laid as a child. He reached his cracked mud-stained fingers up to the dark leather collar draped over his shoulder, pulling it up to shelter his exposed neck and ears. He continued to plod through the frozen wasteland that laid before him, his old joints cracking and creaking like an old wooden ship rocking at its...

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Author bio

Howdy, I'm P. R. Darkwood. I am a welder by day and a writer by night. I hope someday people enjoy my stories enough that I can just drop the welder part. Have a good one!