Bias Tate

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2020

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“Like Copper.” by Bias Tate

This was the kind of agitation that tasted like copper between his teeth. There was no other way to describe it aside from sucking on a dirty penny. It was a taste Jackson loathed but argumentatively yearned for given the context of what came with it: an undeniable high. And like most addicts, he ignored the warning signs. The fact after that very high came the inevitable crash was something Jackson felt content to neglect. He felt it was an excusable vice, something he could justify under his breath. Nevermind that being a practiced chant f...

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“"It's 3 O'clock in the morning and I'm sad."” by Bias Tate

Submitted to Contest #40

In hindsight, this was a horrible decision from the get-go. A cruel punchline the moment the alcohol touched his lips. From all the other bad choices he's made that found a perfect alignment to lead up to this royal debacle, you'd think the warning sirens would have blared louder for him to hear. Nope. Not only is he deaf to the chortles of bad irony, but it would have been far too easy. When has anything ever been that easy? Among the short shopping list of things he knew, he knew for a fact that nothing ever came easy for him. Cynicism tal...

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“The stars, they smile.” by Bias Tate

Submitted to Contest #39

He looks so beautiful in this dim, dim lighting. My thoughts wander. Sharing the night air with the flickering lighting bugs as they perform their meteoric dance. We are sitting in the grass, surrounded by the tall, thin green blades and how the breeze lazily pushes them against the skin of my bare arms. How they tickle the tiny hairs on my pale, freckled flesh. It's a warm breeze, coddled by the summer evening. And it's at that moment I decide while watching him gaze up at the sky, that I think I might actually love him. There's this conten...

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Author bio

Just another tired creature behind a keyboard at ungodly hours. I am a simple guy who loves his wife and two crazy cats. Writing is a hobby of mine that I enjoy regularly. Not here to win, but here to share my characters and my fictional stories. Indulge an awkward dude?