Tom Durwood

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2023

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“A Pleasant Morning at the Nunnery” by Tom Durwood

A PLEASANT MORNING AT THE NUNNERY                   (2, 996 words) Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty.  -- Archimedes “What are these?” asked the pretty girl in the candy stripes, Madeline. “These rows of numbers? They’re weird-- ” “Stop it!!” replied the boy in the green-wool uniform. “That’s the signal notebook -- ” “But the numbers don’t make any sense!” ...

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“The Widow Betrayed” by Tom Durwood

Submitted to Contest #185

The Widow Betrayed I didn’t ask for any of this to happen in this order. -- Stephen Falk “I think,” said Judy, amid the clopping of horse hooves and crunch of the wagon wheels on the road, “that my Dad loved my Mom more than she loved him.” We were making good time on the new section of McKinley Highway, approaching the Portuguese Quarter, Judy was driving us home in the buckboard wagon after the Mira Flores dam incident. Sam was riding shotgun and I was half-dozing in the wagon’s bed. It had been a long day. “You knew them...

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Author bio

I'm an English teacher with a hobby of writing overly intricate YA historical adventures. I edit on online, open-access journal, "Empire Studies." Free chapters of my fiction are available on my many web sites.