Thomas Oliver

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2022

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“Now or Never” by Thomas Oliver

Submitted to Contest #149

Proving Beth right that he should never have flown that plane, Frederick fell asleep so quickly in the backseat you might be tempted to say he passed out.She drove, Frederick slept in the backseat and their little brother Teddy rode shotgun. But Beth didn’t make it far — barely to Roanoke, which wasn’t more than an hour from Lexington— before she pleaded being too tired to drive further in the dark. Frederick was still passed out, so she handed Theodore the keys.And that’s how 16 year-old Theodore Sullivan, the youngest of four sired by the ...

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“The last "415"” by Thomas Oliver

Submitted to Contest #148

She answered the door topless. Patrolman Jim Bob White, Tybee Island’s newest cop, was responding to a noise complaint, something the police department dealt with on a nightly basis during “touron” season. Even though he was a rookie, he had already responded to several noise complaints this summer, but none like this. Tybee Island, off the coast of Georgia, is home to about 3,500 year-round residents, but around 8,000 come for their summer vacations each week and are joined each weekend by additional 2,000 day trippers from nearby Savannah...

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“Popcorn and a Movie” by Thomas Oliver

My best friend Calvin loved the “X-files.” Perhaps a little too much. I mean he really believed all that stuff about flying saucers. So much so that I wouldn’t have been surprised if he told me one day that he had been abducted by aliens.  Calvin never missed a Friday night episode of the show about a government coverup of the reality of UFOs and extraterrestrial beings. He viewed the show as the first step in everybody finally understanding. I viewed it as TV show, and not even my favorite genre. I much preferred horror to science fic...

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Author bio

retired journalist, still writing poems, short stories, novels, screenplays and songs. play guitar. Go Dawgs. Go Braves.