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DJ HOBBS

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2021

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Untangled

Submitted to Contest #89

Whenever James applied himself to a task, he went about it methodically with patience and care. He never undertook a job of work he was ill-suited for, so his practised movements might have fooled a person unfamiliar with his personality into thinking he was a skilful, dexterous sort of man, but he was not. He liked coffee because it was simple, yet Jenny only drank tea, and this was why he’d made a mess of the tray as he scooped her tea bag out of the mug and flipped it into the bin. He’d never made tea before. James removed the milk jug, t...

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A Record of Recent Anti-Social Behaviour at Northend House

Submitted to Contest #89

9th March - 3:43pm During a brief conversation with Constable Hedworth today, I was advised that keeping this record will be my best course of action for resolving any future grievances or incidents involving the residents of flat two, Northend House. Today, at 3:07pm, I witnessed Keera Platt (whose mother has been my downstairs neighbour for twelve years) and Keera’s new partner abandon a used two-seater couch on the communal green a few feet to the left of the main entrance. When I confronted them about this, the new boyfriend denied lea...

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