Scott Dutkus

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2022

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“Praxip's Escape from the Shadow Overlords” by Scott Dutkus

Praxip, kneeling behind a row of tall, sky-blue cornflowers, looked down the semi-shrouded lane, trying to make sure no evil Shadow Forces would see him. This lane must lead to the freedom Praxip longed for and spent his nights planning to find. When he could, but always cautiously, he listened to the Shadow Overlords plot their lands with dangerous creatures and traps to keep people out, and unfortunately for him, keep ...

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“Project 86-DEEVIS Terraforming ” by Scott Dutkus

“Please, don’t do it. Please don’t shut down my life support system, I can fix it, I know I can, I just need more time and you not to think you know the right answer since your computer brain said so. Percentages and statistics can lie and if you would just listen to me, I can show you.”  Rex typed furiously at the keyboard trying to bypass the computer’s artificial inference and circumvent its predictive modeling...

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“McKenna Boarding House, Established 1895 ” by Scott Dutkus

John McKenna stood looking towards Prospect Park, straight down 12th Street. His mind exploded with memories starting with his grandfather Patrick teaching him to ride his first bike, to coming home from school proudly showing his mother his grades, to watching his father marching away as he left for Britain, only to die during the Battle of the Bulge, and finally 4 months ago when his mother passed in her sle...

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“Esmeralda's Red Shawl” by Scott Dutkus

1. The metal box rattled as she picked it up off the attic floor. Her fingers left marks in the dust frozen in time on the outside of the green-tinted box. Shaking it, she tried to guess it’s contents. “Coins? No, it sounds like one item. A pen? One of Uncle Pat’s war medals? Maybe a magic diamond that will make me rich and I can move to Ireland and become a sheep farmer?” She chuckled at the last guess. <...

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Author bio

History, hockey, high fantasy, and travel fanatic. Please visit my travel blog: https://www.beyondlastweek.com