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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021
‘We’ll go over this one more time’, the officer sighed. His partner in the back looking on with an encouraging but stern smile towards the boy. ‘You were biking around the old dump, doing stunts and I quote “sick-bike tricks” with your brothers, and only noticed the fire when it was already spreading throughout the entire area?’ ‘Yes.’ The officer frowned, the creaks in his forehead formed funny little waves. ‘And before that, you were biking around the actual skatepark, which is on the other side of town?’ The young boy bit his lower lip....
Submitted to Contest #105
“How long since we took them?” Derek asked. Richard looked up to his friend. He was wearing a loose cotton t-shirt with a crudely drawn colorful circle as a print, a black sport shorts and light summer shoes. The sport shorts were a bit ironic as they didn’t look like they had seen any exercise in a long time. The added weight suits him though, Richard thought. He’d gone from a lanky adolescent to a plump and full young man. He’ll have to watch out nonetheless, if he’ll let go too much, his jolly belly might turn into a beer belly. The fores...
Submitted to Contest #99
The evening sun lit up half of the window, the red curtains steadily turning into an orange-red melange for anyone inside. It’s room would heat up for about half an our or so before the sun would set, at which point the central heating would pop on to keep the chamber as warm as it’s colours. A nice cosy autumn evening, moments away from the golden hour, at which anyone inside would have a perfect view over the rest of the city slowly being soaked into the blue night. It sure would beat sitting in the car with the engine turned off half fre...
Submitted to Contest #84
content warning: language Two young men stopped at the end of a T intersection. Same height, both wearing light blue pull-overs and grey pants, they could have been mistaken for brothers were it not for their vastly different faces. One of them had blue eyes, short hair and an oval shaped face. The other, a Bob-cut hairstyle which always covered a piece of his line of sight. They had met in class when someone pointed out they were wearing the exact same outfit. Since then not only had the matching outfits become a recurrence. They also disco...
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