Rob Lawson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

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“Homeward Bound” by Rob Lawson

Submitted to Contest #34

Death comes for us all, at least once in a while. Eventually, it came for my dad. And it fell to me, as his oldest, to clean up his estate. It’s been a while. Since we all moved out, actually. It was odd driving down that old road. Last time I drove down towards the house, I still had training wheels on my bike. Orange and yellow covered the sides of the road, the tree limbs hanging bare overhead. The paved asphalt turned into a path of gray gravel and dirt walled in by dense oak. The house was two stories, all the bedr...

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“Couples Therapy” by Rob Lawson

Submitted to Contest #32

The two entered the elevator, joined at the wrist by a shining pair of handcuffs. The two exchanged looks as the door slid shut, neither beaming smiles. “You know this isn’t gonna work.” “Why not?” “Didn’t work for my parents. Ain’t gonna work for us Lewis.” “Sal, we’re not your parents. We’re us.” “Fine.” Sal crosses his arms for a second, pulling Lewis along with him. “But do we really need the cuffs?” Sal asked. Lewis looked into the emerald green of Sal’s eyes and said, “You know why.” Defeated, Sal’s pitiful attempts at grumbled d...

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More of a hobbyist fiction writer.