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Sam D.

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2021

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The Past is Calling

Sam D.

(UK)“What’s dial-up?”Natalie’s twelve-year-old son looked up at her.“The Internet.”He narrowed his eyes, doubt clouding his expression. He was approaching those teenage years when he wanted to correct everything she said, but he was still young enough to not dare push his luck. She had been complaining about the Wi-Fi speed while trying to browse nearby restaurants on UberEats, but the app wouldn’t load. Earlier, Jack had tried without success to connect his devices. Now, he was browsing the shelf full of board games and books left by the ow...

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I am Lucy Lovell

Sam D.

TodayMy therapist Janice looks at me, tapping her pen on her notepad. We’re talking about how I was recently dragged into a serious fraud investigation, and how it was my own compulsive urge to lie that got me there.‘I started lying as a kid… I had just moved to yet another new school. Military life was hard, my dad’s job meant we moved around as a family all the time. I was never in the same school long enough to make any real friends, and I hated moving around all of the time. I had no say in it and it made me so angry. Other kids thought ...

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Keep You Safe

Sam D.

Submitted to Contest #105

I open my eyes. It’s 2:24 AM. This has happened before. Many times, actually. It plays out like a movie I’ve seen before. I’m aware that I’m not in control, I’m just a spectator watching the same things happen, at the same time, over and over again. I turn over in bed and glance at my sleeping husband. Pete is snoring gently as usual. I slip away from underneath his arm and get out of bed. When I stand up, I am wearing a long white nightgown that almost touches the floor. I leave the room as quietly as I can, careful not to let the door c...

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Shattered Silence

Sam D.

Submitted to Contest #104

It’s a Friday afternoon and the end of a hectic week at work. I sit at my desk trying to ignore my headache. I rub my temples in circular motions. It started out as a little niggling annoyance and is now a full throbbing pain. Waves of sickness wash over me as the pain intensifies. The pounding in my head is being compounded by my co-worker, Nina. She never stops talking to me. Never. Her voice is loud and constant, like a siren. I am the type of person who craves quiet and alone time, and today the craving is consuming me. I seem to have a ...

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A Leap of Faith

Sam D.

Submitted to Contest #103

TW: family bereavement I’m in my study sitting at my laptop, I’ve just finished writing an email. The cursor on my screen is hovering over the send button. I almost press it, then delete a couple of lines and rewrite them. I’ve been doing this for an hour. Heavy rain is hammering at the window and thunder and lightning is cracking the steel grey sky. I can hear what sounds like a sea of water surging through the drain pipe next to my window. My husband is playing a game with our two girls downstairs, their laughter and squeals are echoing...

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