Tony Thatcher

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2022

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“A Lifestyle to Die For” by Tony Thatcher

Submitted to Contest #275

It was unfortunate for Isobel Graves to have been born into sixteenth century Britain. It was, for most people, a harsh and cruel place. Lives, spent on long days of hard physical labour in all weather were often cut short by violence, ailment or fatal prejudice. Society, clustered in small towns and villages, was suspicious of strangers, especially those, like Isobel, who lived outside the conventions of family life or tribal hierarchy. She shared her simple woodland dwelling in Somerset with her black cat, Shadow, named for the way that he...

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“These Are The Rules ” by Tony Thatcher

Submitted to Contest #135

23.59.57, 58, 59, Go! I had exactly four minutes and thirty seconds. According to my contact, that is how long the civic surveillance system would take to refresh its memory and connections. But was it a trap? Would the predatory cameras really suspend their scanning? Running from the alley, I knelt and switched to the drill I had practised until it was instinct. Matt grey paint, brush, work left to right and keep moving. I knew I could cover the yellow stripes disfiguring five metres of pavement before I had to be back in hiding. Surely som...

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