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William Vickers

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2023

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Holly's Shampoo

Weekly Contest #291

  Holly’s Shampoo The thought of my daughter Holly coming home to an empty, dark home caused me to press my foot down. Her father usually was there to welcome her with something cooking in the oven, now she would only see him on weekends.  Making sure to stay in lane, I fiddled with my radio for a more energetic song to keep my eyes open and on the road.Long, busy shifts on the wards, solicitor meetings, sleepless nights and teary-eyed conversations with Holly had me exhausted. How to explain a divorce to a six-year-old...

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The Midasion Monthly Meeting

Weekly Contest #213

Take a minute to imagine your life if you had the Midas touch… think it would be great? Think again. Very few have managed to make life with this rare co dition work. Midasians, for the most part, struggle to fit in.Freaks.Sorcerers.Criminals… Finally got a job? That was the keyboard you just turned into yoghurt!And be careful with your new boyfriend. You don’t want to go to prison for turning him into orange peel, do you?“These monthly meetings are vital for us Midasians to come together for support and and solidarity!” The dim lightin...

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Sea salt

Weekly Contest #212

I had most definitely not been out, and I hadn’t ordered anything. Yet I found myself in the line at the post office with the “you were out” note in hand. And when I finally had the package I decided to open it straight away. I decided to open the package still in the post office, and its contents took my breath away. The magnifying glass’s bright orange handle and green rim were worn and faded, but it was the same one I had when I was a kid. Why would anyone post this to me? Why was it even still around? My childhood memory of this object w...

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The Poetry Book

Weekly Contest #211

“I’ll pay it for you this time Ethan,” I said with a smile, reaching for my purse, and tried to sound stern when I told him that I wouldn’t pay his fines again. “What did you think of the book?” His grubby face lit up when he realized he didn’t have to pay the £6 fine.  “I didn’t like it, it made me feel… bad. I don’t think I’ll read poetry again. Do you have any more adventure books?” After I had found some other books more suited to his taste and pointed him in the right direction, I wrote his name and today’s date into the poetry boo...

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