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Davis Tan

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2026

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Cutdown day

Cutdown day is probably both the best and worst day of the calendar. You get to get rid of people you’d hate, like dumb kids with poor attitude or with no skills. But there are some people you really hate to let them go.  As I’m still in the coaching office, at 3 o’clock in the early morning stuffing my cheeks with tobacco, I’m pondering on what I just did to the Irish kid was the right thing to do.  Back home in Ireland, the Irish kid is a bit of a Star, in some kind of Irish football or something. He won their version of the Supe...

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My Dad the Triad Boss

Weekly Contest #350

“Kai Jie, what does your dad do?” That’s the question my English teacher gave me during Show and Tell in Primary school. The thing is, I didn’t really know or understand what my Dad did, so I just stood there and stared at her. “What job does your daddy have Kai Jie?” she asked me persistently. So I told her, “my Dad stays at home all day.” Thankfully, she dropped the subject after thinking that he was unemployed, so she moved on to my classmate to present. Technically, both of my parents worked; my Mother was a manager for a stage makeup ...

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A getaway to Bikini Atoll

Weekly Contest #349

It was a vacation cruise that many would consider themselves blessed to even be on board, a year long world cruise to tour the different ports of the world. A journey that allowed them to venture the world with gourmet dining and with hotel-like hospitality; it was simply heaven. Then without warning, the waves became intense, thrashing the vessel without mercy. It was almost like a billion candles suddenly lit up on Earth, a dozen suns vaporized cities without warning. Even being far away from the blasts, one could still taste metal. On the...

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