Stuart Lawrence

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2022

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Sole Heir” by Stuart Lawrence

Submitted to Contest #221

The road bore the signs of an earlier hard rain. Marti switched the wipers to intermittent to remove the light drizzle that still remained, hitting her windshield. The sparse streetlights offered an ominous atmosphere, adding to the foreboding ambiance as her SUV traveled down the stone-embedded asphalt. She slowed to a stop at the flashing light, the only traffic light in Keysville. The white clapboard building at the intersection, which once served as the gas station butcher shop and post office, was now just a two-pump service station. A ...

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“A Ripple in Time” by Stuart Lawrence

Submitted to Contest #168

Corey awoke to a bump as his train came to a stop, and his coach car settled against the cars on either end and glanced outside the cabin window. The sun was cresting, and the early morning frost still covered the ground. Wooden rail carts with steel wheels laden with steamer trunks sat on the platform, and domed lamps with opaque glass chimneys hung from the ceiling of a white clapboard station. “Shasta Springs station, Shasta Springs station,” the conductor announced, “Three hour water stop, the local time is Seven-fifteen and the temperat...

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“Accidents Happen” by Stuart Lawrence

Submitted to Contest #166

"I quit! I'm tired of fighting this!" Clay ended the call and slid his phone into his shirt pocket, sighing agitatedly. He pulled the shifter into drive and headed to the next stop.The store seemed quiet, with a few associates getting their departments ready to open as he guided his delivery cart towards the back of the store. His cell phone rang again; he glanced at it, then answered, "I told you, I'm tired of this; it's been three years, and you can't even get a judge to hear the case.""Listen Clay, this time is different, we have a court ...

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