Scott Skinner

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2020

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“Fatima” by Scott Skinner

Submitted to Contest #75

Two people, Brian Miller and Maud Berdeck responded to the Craiglist solicitation that I authored while sitting on the toilet at the store. My name is Tilden, and I’m a Dry Cleaner. I hated telling people that because, inevitably, they would ask how I got into the business and if I didn’t feel like lying, I’d have to tell them the truth; It’s the family business and I was spoon-fed the job just like everything else in my untroubled life. The Craiglist post offered the reader a chance to leave their old lives behind. I wrote, I can help ...

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Winning 1 story 🏆

Contest #86
Flowering Walrus – read story

Shortlisted 4 stories ⭐️

Contest #101
Big girl – read story
Contest #95
The Mulberry Memory – read story
Contest #90
Choose Wisely – read story
Contest #84
Rodney – read story