Stephen Douglas

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“The Wood Fairies and the Rainbow” by Stephen Douglas

Submitted to Contest #86

The story I am about to tell you happened a great many years ago, so it is well you listen up so it is not forgotten. It happened one early morning when the first light peeps through, when the birds in the forest begin to welcome their new day. When the darkness of the night is lifting and it is time to rejoice in the arrival of a...

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“The coolest little capital of the world ” by Stephen Douglas

Submitted to Contest #85

That’s the thing about this city, the encircling hills, gives our coolest little capital a compact feeling, where one can commute from suburb to Central Business District just past the hour, to be present at that meeting, luncheon, or sports affair; it is not too big and not too small.  It is big when you ...

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“Older Date” by Stephen Douglas

Submitted to Contest #81

Older Date                                                                                               It’s a warm summer evening and David is busy writing about himself to an unknown responder on a new date site. As he writes he is thinking to himself, this is far different from the days when I use to send a note to a possible date, asking for her phone number a...

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“A virus which changes the world Word count:1803” by Stephen Douglas

Submitted to Contest #80

David arrives home from work, enters his home to his favourite jazz sound and tv news channel. He waves a hand, the music quietens and the lights turn on as he puts his work station down, removes jacket and shoes. Now to relax, he says to himself, turning towards the kitchen saying “usual coffee”, and at once there is the sound of a machine busy responding. He turns his attention to the tv just as the news music ...

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Author bio

Born a Kiwi, lives in New Zealand. Likes to write poetry - poet.kiwi Attend two writing groups to stimulate my interest in writing. Like to read 'life based' writings