Peter Stott

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“The Stairway to Heaven” by Peter Stott

Submitted to Contest #51

The ‘Stairs’ was, in my day, a climbers pub. After a long day on the hills, someone said, “Fancy a pint?” there was only one place to head for, The Stairway to Heaven. Set at the head of a valley on the edge of an old quarry it was an imposing building. Originally a private house, it was now a pub with rooms. Why the name? The name refers to a narrow set of steps that had been cut into the quarry wall leading from the quarry floor up to the front of the old house. The steps ended quite dramatically leaving about seven metres of sheer rock up...

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“The Last Dragon Slayer” by Peter Stott

Submitted to Contest #43

veryI am getting too old to be chasing dragons. The problem is that dragons are very rare and so are dragon hunters. You could say that we are both a dying breed and like most things heading for extinction by definition, we are few, very few. So I find myself on one more quest riding my old warhorse, Castor and followed my faithful old deerhound, Pollux. Yes, I do have a Crown Warrant issued by the grandfather of the present king so that it is now faded. We make a somewhat sad procession as wend our way slowly towards the high hills and the ...

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“The Adventures of Arthur Mouse ” by Peter Stott

Submitted to Contest #41

Arthur very ordinary little brown mouse.Little brown mice are generally somewhat nervous, but Arthur was rather more nervous than most other mice.Arthur lives in a hedgerow growing on the side of a field next to Dumble Wood along with his brothers and sisters plus his many cousins and uncles and aunts. The hedgerow provided everything that a mouse could ever need. Food, Arthur's absolute favourite, hazelnuts, expect, of course, when the blackberries were ripe, then it was a difficult choice. Shelter, a mouse needs shelter almost as it ...

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