Adam Young

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2023

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“The Venus Flytrap” by Adam Young

Submitted to Contest #191

I knew something felt off. But I couldn’t put my finger on it. The days of off-ness turned into weeks, and the weeks turned into a blur.  It all started on New Year’s. I normally begin a new year with a feeling of freshness and clean-slatedness. This time around the sun was different. I felt hopeless. My life had come to be rather nihilistic. The gray cold and hollow winds of the skies matched my interior. One could simply pass it off as a dip in the doldrums. After all, I had been through different ebbs and flows in my time on this e...

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“Pythagorean Love” by Adam Young

Submitted to Contest #186

a2 + b2 = c2  The unbroken connection between two lives that intersect, despite the fact that their ways of being human flow at opposing right angles to one another, is love.  I could not be more different from her. Sure, we have a lot in common when you consider our Oklahoma upbringing, the churches we attended, the families we came from, the mid-western college where we were both educated. You get the point. But, good Lord, do we see things differently. I could tell you. But, I’d rather show you.  a’ I am a child of th...

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“The Dragon of Wall Street” by Adam Young

Submitted to Contest #185

A pale sun rose over the New York City skyline on that cold, blustery day in February. The clouds of smoke-steam billowed from beneath the city through the sidewalk grates warming a dozen houseless men from the depths of The Dragon’s lair. The Dragon himself was snaking his way through his maze of tunnels toward the morning’s destination. He preferred the underground. It connected him to the pulse of the city, whose heart he held in his grip. The exotic Ethiopian espresso drawn from his La Marzocco Strada frothed into a luxurious latte by hi...

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Author bio

I enjoy creative writing as an outlet for self-expression. I am married to Mallory, a wonderful redhead who is a mathematician and everything I'm not. We have four boys who are sources of endless delight and frustration. I also have a little secret: I'm a United Methodist pastor. I know. I know... I hear you and your rightful suspicion. But, I was drawn to United Methodism for it's level-headed, open-minded penchant for grace. We aren't perfect and we're going through some $@*% right now, but at our best we're about transformation inwardly and outwardly towards love and social justice. And I like that. And I used "and" at the beginning of two sentences. Sue me.