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Scott Weedman

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

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Unresolved Ending

Weekly Contest #359

Prologue Two things were happening to the toddler that kept him up at night and caused him to wake early most mornings: molars in his upper and lower jaws were coming in and he was learning to walk. The former produced an ach deep in his mouth that sometimes extended into his sinus cavities. A knot of cold cloth on which to gnaw, or a finger dipped in whisky rubbed gingerly across his gums helped. On the other hand, the latter, what his mama called furniture walking, was a new experience for the youngling. He was not a big ba...

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Talk to Me (prompt: character having a gut feeling they cannot explain)

Talk to Me She wakes, and dread seeps back into her like a tide, cold and inevitable. Please talk to me, she thinks. Let it be today. Across the bedroom, the window sill glows morning-grey beneath the shudder, and the room is dark and cool and smells vaguely of disinfectant. She must have cleaned for him; he loves a clean place, or rather he loves watching her clean: naked cleaning they call it. There’s also naked dinner, naked TV (though never during his gameshows), and on one notable occasion in the driveway of an Airbnb in Lake Ta...

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Talk to Me

Weekly Contest #83

Talk to Me She wakes and dread seeps back into her like a tide, cold and inescapable. Please talk to me, she thinks. Let it be today. Across the bedroom, the window sill glows blue-grey beneath the shudder, and the room is dark and cool and vaguely antiseptic smelling. She must have cleaned for him; he loves a clean place, or rather he loves watching her clean: naked cleaning, they call it. There’s also naked dinner, naked TV (though never during his gameshows, she’s tried), and on one memorable occasion, naked car washing. They lead to...

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