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Roy Calley

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2024

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The Future Is Here

Weekly Contest #367

‘There’s no turning back you know...once you go through...’ I closed my eyes and made a very audible sigh.  ‘I’m just saying Mister Sullivan...once you go through, there really isn’t any turning back...’ I opened them and turned to look at the man who was standing unnaturally close to me. He was small of stature, wispy hair covering a bald spot, and a nose that seemed to twitch when he spoke. He was by all accounts, unremarkable. Not here though. Here, he was the main man. He was the man who had control. He was the man who cou...

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Weekly Contest #366

I don’t know when it happened, or how it happened. It just happened. There was no specific moment or event, no specific date, no specific feeling, it just was.  It was late, and I was lying in bed staring at the ceiling, the small rays of light from the bright moon creating shadows. As usual, I couldn’t sleep, but this time it felt different. It was different. There was something aching within me, like the slow realisation that this wasn’t enough. None of it was enough.  Let&nb...

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There is no emergency

Weekly Contest #365

As I walked up the gangplank, my skirts rustling and the sun’s rays briefly blinding me as the ship’s hull shone brightly, I saw him. He was stood at the entrance waiting for me, his demeanour that of someone who felt he was important. He stood there, oblivious to the passengers who squeezed past him, all cases and hats trying to negotiate the small space as they excitedly boarded the ship. I didn’t share their excitement. ‘My dear...’ he suddenly exclaimed in that high pitched voice that I had come to despise. He had spotted me well before ...

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My Special Dinner

Weekly Contest #270

I’ve been waiting for this. This moment. This night. I’m not saying I’ve been waiting forever, but it feels like it.  I’ve been nervous and on edge all day and all my colleagues at work had been looking at me strangely. Even stranger than normal, if that was possible. Some even started to avoid me when I told them what I was doing this evening, but I haven’t got time to understand why. I decided that they were just jealous, and I have no interest in that. Anyway, I was looking forward to tonight.   The day was a blur. I’d...

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