Brad Morris

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“Helena” by Brad Morris

Submitted to Contest #83

Well, I've been in the water long enough, guess it's time to come out.How long has it been? Hours? Days? It seems like days.Being in the water started with Helena. Wow, she was beautiful; but not in a conventional way. Those dark features; angular face, hypnotic eyes and Giaconda smile. Yes, Da Vinci could have painted her; and she was so smart, could talk about anything. We did speak about everything. Movies, art, theater, you name it. She liked talking about her dad, who apparently had started an education model that revolutionized the way...

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“Robot, I ” by Brad Morris

Submitted to Contest #82

2001: A Space Odyssey is my favorite movie. Much of what's in it is very prescient. For instance, there's a scene in it where a character on a spaceship communicates with someone on Earth visually using a flat tablet on his lap. Stanley Kubrick made that movie in 1968; back then that scene must have looked far out and very futuristic. Today we look at it and smile; it's an IPad and he's using Skype. My favorite character in that movie is HAL 9000. Well he's not really a character, he's artificial intelligence.Just like me.HAL 9000 is the com...

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“Me, myself and I ” by Brad Morris

Submitted to Contest #81

"So why did you do it then, Suzan?""Do what, Brad? What are you talking about?""You know what I'm talking about.""No I don't""Yes you do.""I don't want to play this game, why did you do it again?""I'm tired of playing this game too.""Then don't play it.""I'm not playing a game, Brad. What are you talking about?""You know what I'm talking about. It's about him.""It's always about him.""Yes, I know. It's always about him.""I'm sick of talking about him.""Apparently not."'What?""Apparently not.""What's that supposed to mean?""Apparently not; he...

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“42 - 1” by Brad Morris

Submitted to Contest #80

James Buster Douglas would be facing 42 - 1 odds. Mike Tyson was on the top of his game. I knew I'd get the result tomorrow; South Africa wasn't getting the fight and the only question was which round would Tyson starch Douglas in. But that was an ocean away in the United States; we were in Hillbrow, South Africa. Hillbrow, city in the sky - Johannesburg's answer to NCY's Greenwich Village. It was Sunday, 11th February 1990 and an even more seismic event would be taking place about an hour from now; one that would change the trajectory of So...

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Author bio

56 and been round the block many times. Been a waiter, a roofer, a bouncer, a nude model, a fashion model, an actor, a kickboxer, a soldier, a stripper, a trainer, a group exercise instructor, a salesman and a debt collector. Amongst other things. I like writing and have a lot to write about.