Tyler Duggan

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

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“Respite” by Tyler Duggan

Submitted to Contest #216

Respite         “The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.” – Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988) ----------------------------------------------------------------         The parking lot exists and then the car, and then inside it: Seth. This may be the dream again, but there’s no telling.         Everything is starting the same at least; he sits in the ne...

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“The Machines Fear Death” by Tyler Duggan

Submitted to Contest #215

The Droid knew there was a list of names that came before Death’s blow and it was the first thing the Droid recalled when Death suddenly appeared in the canyon. Being an 80-year-old robot meant that its gears and screws were either rusted, bent, or just missing, and it likely wouldn’t get far. But running was the only option. It ran as fast as it could, its metal foot-like structures ping-ing and pang-ing against the rocky base of the canyon, echoing off the canyon walls. The sound of metal banging against ore and graphite repeatedly woul...

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“I Will Say Their Names, Now” by Tyler Duggan

Submitted to Contest #29

The Droid knew of a list of names that came before Death and it was the first thing the Droid recalled when Death suddenly appeared in the canyon. The Droid knew it was unlikely, but it was going to try to escape. It ran as fast as it could, it’s metal foot-like structures ping-ing and pang-ing against the rocky base of the canyon, echoing off the canyon walls. The sound of metal banging against ore and graphite repeatedly would have been an unnerving sound to most, but to Death it was familiar. This sound had b...

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The notoriously unpublished writer hoping he’ll get his big break.