Q.L. Vincent

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2023

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Loser's Swing” by Q.L. Vincent

Submitted to Contest #246

How many of you had an imaginary friend?I was a latchkey kid growing up. My father served in the army overseas, and my mother took up a job at home to further support us. My mother didn't return until a couple of hours after school let out, so I'd be alone for a good while. I was an only child and had trouble making friends, so this compounded my loneliness.There was a playground about two blocks from my house that I'd frequent after coming home from school. I could get there faster by cutting through a small (but thick) forest clearing behi...

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“Raymond Dutch's Guide to being a Homebody” by Q.L. Vincent

Submitted to Contest #221

(TW; Mental deterioration, implied violence and self-mutilation.) [A call was placed on the morning of March 7th, 2008, to the LAPD regarding a foul odor emanating from the residence of one Raymond Dutch. The Dutch residence had a call placed on it before for a noise complaint, but otherwise no other legal issues of note. Upon interviewing the neighbors, the police were told that Raymond Dutch had become ...

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“An Ant at the End of the Universe” by Q.L. Vincent

Submitted to Contest #189

The universe was ending.In truth, that phrasing may be a bit over dramatic– it wasn’t so much coming to an end in an explosive, bombastic fashion (though the supernova from the few stars left certainly made for a beautiful light show), as it was with a slow, sputtering gasp.More aptly, it was dying.In a fruitless pursuit to reverse the inevitable heat death of the universe, or really just anything in such a hopeless situation, a lone arthropod had fashioned a humble l...

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Author bio

I bring the ideas in my brain onto print even if I have to break every bone in my hands to do so