Tyrone Dirksen

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

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“Guest of Honor” by Tyrone Dirksen

Submitted to Contest #92

The darkness fell upon them suddenly, without warning. No storm ushered the way, no meteorologists or news anchors cautioned them about the power outage. One minute there was light, the next there was none. Close to seventy people had gathered that night for the party. It was Sebastian Beck’s forty-fifth birthday, and his closest friends and colleagues had been invited to celebrate at the Attic, the newest, swankiest bar on the outskirts of Chicago. Most nights there was a hefty cover charge to gain entrance to the Attic, but of course Bec...

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“A Song For the Lonely” by Tyrone Dirksen

Submitted to Contest #90

Kaavan was the world’s loneliest elephant. He had been the only elephant in a zoo for years before finally meeting Saheli, and decades later when she passed he was once again left alone for many years. From birth he had been shipped off to live in isolation, without another of his kind to comfort him, to experience the ups and downs of life with him, to teach him about what it means to be an elephant. There were no mirrors in the zoo, and Kaavan only had a vague idea of what he must look like. He knew he was large, or at least in comp...

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