On a lighthouse keeper’s final shift, a storm brings three solitary lives onto the same course. A story of rescue, late chances, and finding a way home.
Also published in PROMPTED, Issue 04.
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Three-time Reedsy Prompts contest winner
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On a lighthouse keeper’s final shift, a storm brings three solitary lives onto the same course. A story of rescue, late chances, and finding a way home.
Also published in PROMPTED, Issue 04.
Explore the storyIn the Arctic’s long polar night, a marine biologist sets out across a landscape of ice and darkness, carrying the absence of the man she loves.
Explore the storyA potter begins to lose feeling in her hands as her daughter prepares to leave for America. Amid clay, lanterns, and old stories, she searches for a way to hold on—and let go.
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04February 2025
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Selected for the fourth issue of PROMPTED, a collection of twelve prize-winning stories guest edited by David Restaino.
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Short fiction spanning literary drama, suspense, and the speculative.
His published stories explore human connection, moral conflict, and the moments when familiar lives turn strange.
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