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Troy Phillips

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2024

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The Memory of Warmth

Weekly Contest #339

The kettle’s whistle cut through Ethel Jean’s spiral like a blade through silk—sharp, wrong, impossible to ignore. And then it hit her: someone had put it on. She had retreated to the secondary sitting area an hour ago, maybe two. Time had gone soft since Nathan’s injury. Time didn’t keep shape anymore. Three days. It had been three days since the Fire Elemental's attack. Three days since Ruby disappeared behind her door. Three days since Ethel Jean had felt anything through the sanctuary taste like ash. The chair she’d claimed—a faded green...

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Bronze Feathers and Ancient Blueprints

Weekly Contest #336

"You're still up." "I made tea. The pot's still warm if you want some." "Thanks. Smells like... chamomile?" "With honey. Great-Aunt Gertrude's blend. I make it when I'm working through something complicated." "The German porcelain cups." "You noticed." "Hard not to. They're beautiful. So. You sent a message saying you'd figured something out?" "I did. Though 'figured out' might be overstating it. More like... the pieces finally connected." "Okay. I'm listening." "Do you remember breakfast last week? When I mentioned the owl I built when I wa...

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The Bear Necessities of Contract Law

Winner of Weekly Contest #334 🏆

Goldilocks Lockwood v. Bear Family Small Claims Court, Woodland District Case No. 2024-SC-0847 Transcript 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 i...

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It's All in the Wolf's Bane

Weekly 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 inche...

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

Winner of Weekly Contest #277 🏆

The Three Little Pigs Incident: A Building Inspector’s Report By B.B. Wolf, Senior Building Inspector, Woodland District Code Enforcement Division Let 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,...

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