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Troy Phillips

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2024

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The Bear Necessities of Contract Law

Submitted to Contest #334

Goldilocks Lockwood v. Bear FamilySmall Claims Court, Woodland DistrictCase No. 2024-SC-0847Transcript of the Plaintiff's Opening Statement THE COURT: Ms. Lockwood, you may proceed with your statement.MS. LOCKWOOD: Thank you, Your Honor.[Sound of papers shuffling]My name is Goldilocks Lockwood. I am a licensed house-sitting professional, bonded and insured, operating in the Forest District for the past five years. I hold certification number 4721-GL from the Forest District Professional Standards Board, and I am a dues-paying member in good ...

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It's All in the Wolf's Bane

Submitted to Contest #333

Detective Sarah Parker found the plate first.Not in the dining room where Marcus Webb had eaten his final meal, not at the crime scene in the walk-in freezer where his body lay cooling—but here, isolated on Luna's Den's prep counter, radiating heat like a branding iron despite being empty for hours.She'd worked enough supernatural cases to know when something was wrong with the laws of physics. The ceramic should have been room temperature. Instead, steam rose from its surface in the November afternoon, and when she held her hand six inches ...

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The Three Little Pigs Incident: A Building Inspector’s Report

Winner of Contest #277 🏆

The Three Little Pigs Incident: A Building Inspector’s ReportBy B.B. Wolf, Senior Building Inspector, Woodland District Code Enforcement DivisionLet me set the record straight. After twenty-seven years with the Woodland Building Department (WBD), I’ve seen every construction shortcut and code violation imaginable. But nothing—and I mean nothing—compares to the infamous Three Pigs incident of 2023. The media had a field day with it, of course. “Big Bad Wolf Terrorizes Innocent Homeowners!” Please. I enforced the International Building Code, 2...

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