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Tucker Sloan

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2024

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“It’s Just Me.” #ReedsyUnknown

Submitted to Contest #279

Trigger Warning: This short story contains mental health issues, and moments of madness. Some demonic content lies ahead, as well.It’s Just Me.There was no water. I wanted to kill myself, or drop dead from thirst.I had to take my meds with water. Lots of it. Twenty-three different pills a day. From Trazadone to Oxicodone to Tylenol, and what have you. Whatever I could find in a dead drifter’s backpack. I haven’t seen a drifter in days, though.So, what to do? Fight for it? Get it. Get ‘er done? Water. Life. What they call the nectar of the go...

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“Green Eyes” #ReedsyUnknown

Submitted to Contest #279

Trigger Warning: This piece of fiction contains suspense, some violence, and insinuated animal cruelty.Green EyesThe alley cat made me do it. It was a Thursday night, and I was new in town. “Never go out after midnight.” Said my landlord, Walter. “Nothing good happens after midnight.”I had no problem with this, except I woke up at three in the morning with a terrible headache, and I just wanted to have a cigarette on my front porch, so I did. I’m a twenty-three-year-old woman. I have mace. It was chilly out, so I knew to smoke my c...

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“I Wanna Lick You Up and Down. Make You Sweat.” #ReedsyBewitched

Submitted to Contest #275

Trigger Warning:This short story contains mature themes, self-harm/suicide, brief strong language, gore, and sexual content.“I Wanna Lick You Up and Down. Make You Sweat.” By Tucker Bradley SloanDo you believe in love at first sight? First touch? First flirtation? I do now.“Don’t you dare!” I yelled meanly at my favorite creature- our sweet, black cat who was playing in the entryway causing the doors to open and shut letting rain blow into the atrium. She was eyeing the ashtray trashcan. She wanted to tip it over and see what was inside...

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The Goddess of Hell #ReedsyOctober

Submitted to Contest #274

The Goddess of Hellby Tucker Bradley SloanTrigger warning: Some Strong Language, Sexual Content, and Hellish Themes. Now, are you ready for a bedtime story?———As Persephone gathered souls in the underworld for her husband, Hades, I summoned angels. There was to be a spiritual battle at midnight, and I would win. Nothing was going to stop me. Not even the gout in my feet.The soul in question, a young, innocent named Angel. Her mother, Stephanie, loved that name. Stephanie prayed every day for Angel as she saw Angel slipping further into the d...

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Things of the Past

Submitted to Contest #273

Things of the Past            Dried apricots were her favorite, but ever since the surgery- she could not eat them. This made Clarissa sad. She was jealous of her friends who could eat everything they wanted. Clarissa was not that lucky. Clarissa had five teeth pulled, and her partial dentures barely helped her eat the foods she loved. For Clarissa, dried apricots became a thing of the past, and she soon forgot about them.           &nb...

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You Shall Go Into That Closet, And Take Off All Your Clothes

Submitted to Contest #273

You Shall Go into That Closet, and Take Off All Your ClothesBy: Tucker Bradley SloanTRIGGER WARNING: Strong sexual content and dialogue, language, bizarre behavior, brutal and sexual violence, gore. As we approached, I recognized the castle from an old book. It was Sayemontess. It was real. So, whatever challenge may lie ahead, it was all set up by Dominic. I had received his childishly written invitation. All his I’s were dotted with circles. His driver had nice music. I would never forget the following lyric:“And the time will be our time....

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Cursed Beasts of the Woods and Hills

Submitted to Contest #272

Trigger warning: This piece contains violence, mature themes, and some strong language.Cursed Beasts of the Woods and HillsTucker Bradley SloanIt gets cold at night. Some people think fur keeps you warm, but mine makes me itch. The way it quickly grows through my skin, covering my bare body in the moonlight.Not to mention, it makes using toilet paper impossible. We have had to resort to other means for cleanliness. What? You do not want to know. Mom was turned first with a curse by a cripple who was blocking a covered bridge she had to ...

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Pleasant Hill

Submitted to Contest #272

The Pleasant Hill Bed and Breakfast only had four guest rooms, and it sat on a hilltop surrounded by stunningly beautiful trees that had changed colors just in time for Halloween. There was one vacancy, and Pam had been slaving away in the kitchen making a turducken for her guests. The preparation process was not very appetizing, but once it was fully cooked, the guests, one-by-one, would descend the stairs from the second floor, and they would sit in the dining room salivating like mad dogs. Oh! The wine! She forgot to get wine for dinner. ...

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She Could Be Dangerous

Submitted to Contest #272

SHE COULD BE DANGEROUSWritten byTucker Bradley SloanFADE IN:EXT. BRIDGE OVER DRAINAGE DITCH-DAYA young dead girl floats down a drainage ditch and under a bridge. A young EMILY sees the body from the bridge. She climbs down to the body, and with a strange look in her eye, steals a small emerald necklace from the body then heads back up the ditch towards the bridge as she puts on the necklace.TITLE OVER:Over a decade later INT. PARSONS & PARSONS FINE JEWELRY-DAYQuirky Emily, early 20’s, still wears the stolen necklace. She is a s...

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Johnny Be Good, Please.

Submitted to Contest #272

Johnny Be Good, Please.Trigger Warning: This short story contains gun violence and mature themes.           John was a stupid name. A family name. A name I was stuck with. I wanted to change it in second grade when a fellow student began calling me Johnny B- after a character he saw in a movie once.           “My name is John!” I told him right before I smacked his lower lip. I could hit pretty hard for a second grader. You had bette...

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An Apartment to Die For

Submitted to Contest #272

Triggers: Violence, language, brief sexual violence.An Apartment to Die For   “A word after a word after a word is power.”                                                             -Margaret Atwood-    &nb...

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Her First Orchid

Submitted to Contest #271

Her First OrchidTucker Bradley Sloan-This short story contains some substance abuse material, and mature themes.           Sally was shopping and spending more money than she should have for her husband’s upcoming birthday. 2010 was going to be a good year for the couple. Her eyes hit an orchid, and she said, “Come to my house. Come to my house to die.” Four months later- she still had that orchid. It had turned into an ugly little thing. All brown and blotchy with damp peat moss that sm...

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