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Quentin Eddington

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2023

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Grandma's Table

Quentin Eddington

Josh’s bags were already packed and ready for the following day, when he would fly three states away. That's where Josh would start college, but first, Josh, his sister Emily, and their dad sat at their Grandma’s old oak dinner table. Grandma stepped into the room, a dish of lasagna held between mittened hands. She sat the dish in the center of the table, then took her place with everyone else. Steam curled up from the homemade lasagna. Dad was taken back thirty years, when Grandma first made the recipe. Josh and Emily remembered thei...

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Early Snow

Quentin Eddington

The snow came earlier than expected. I sat at my window and stared at the grass behind the glass. The weathermen all predicted the first snow of the season this morning. I hoped they were wrong, that today’s heavy clouds would stay sleeping, or if they had to do something, then let them rain. A speck of white floated in front of the window. My chest curled into a ball. More snow floated to the earth. It hit the grass and stuck, as all the weathermen predicted. By the end of the day, a thick layer of snow and ice would f...

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The Thanksgiving Survival Guide

Quentin Eddington

Everyone has their Thanksgiving horror story, but let me tell you, my family has the worst. When I was nine, my brother and I got pissed at each other and started a food fight at the kid’s table. By the time Dad broke it up, both me and my brother were coated in mashed potatoes. Two years ago an out of town aunt came by with a big smile, a big purse, and a big ambition to slip our turkey into said big purse. Last year, my Dad sat everyone down to watch his conspiracy theories on the TV, then guarded the front door so we had no choice but to ...

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Mirror World

Quentin Eddington

Submitted to Contest #225

I tried my hardest, I really did, but life was tough. My classes didn’t matter. I mean, really, when will I need to know about the Qing Dynasty in real life, or use any of the vocabulary learned in English class? The only thing kind of useful is my algebra class, because at least that relates to computers and programming and making video games. It’s the only class I could pay attention to and actually get a decent grade in. That’s what my report card said. When my dad got my grades, he looked at me with his signature disappointed face...

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Before Dawn

Quentin Eddington

I woke up before the sun. I woke up before the city, before the din of car engines and terse, interminable phone conversations on the streets. This is the best time to be awake. The sky was a hazy purple and the distant skyscrapers are fuzzy from the mist hanging in the air. It was a beautiful dream version of real life. I was slow when I climbed out of bed. My roommates were asleep in the nearby rooms, separated from mine by thin, white walls. I pad across the hard floor on my toes, and moved slowly so the rustle of my pajamas doesn...

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