Brandon Cox

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2024

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“Love You, Always.” by Brandon Cox

Submitted to Contest #258

The August heat remained heavy and oppressive well past sunset, but John found himself light on his feet as he waltzed up the drive, and against all odds, he was humming. It was a jaunty tune that wasn’t recognizable to him, but he continued on, discovering the song as he went. The date with Wendy had gone quite well. He hadn’t expected much - he rarely did - but she was such a goofball, comfortable in her own skin, and the way she held his gaze sent his stomach fluttering. Sure, she isn’t the biggest hiker and she couldn’t tell you the...

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“The Honor of Death” by Brandon Cox

Submitted to Contest #257

Kai emerged into the stifling heat to a reluctant applause from what he guessed was a middling crowd, but when he spared a sour glance up into the rows of stone seating, he found the colosseum brimming with patrons. He pulled on his tattered gear, peering up to the top levels to find tiny figures of men milling about in a rush beneath the crimson royal banners. “Damn them and the king’s bloody games,” he muttered into his shaggy beard, already growing tired of the festivities. His head slumped back down to study the sands shifting beneath hi...

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“Kindly's Boys” by Brandon Cox

Submitted to Contest #252

The young recruits were in a ragged state, bunched together in the wood-paneled great room of the guild hall. Their shirts were more potato sack than tunic, and there wasn’t a shoe in existence among the lot of them. Dirt covered and starved as they were, these were now Kindly’s boys. All twelve had, just today, surrendered their future to guild service in exchange for hot meals and a bed, and it was now Kindly’s job to make thieves of them.He’d never been a troop master before, as he was just a young rogue himself, but Kindly’s tenure with ...

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“The Crypt of Browerwood” by Brandon Cox

Submitted to Contest #251

Envy is a bewitching intoxicant. It invades the mind through fleeting thoughts of want and desire and gradually builds itself into an obsession. For those strong in will, envy may even manifest itself as ambition. In the end, however, envy always rots. The tethers tying you to your own reality will fall away, your sense of self-worth will crumble beneath you, and envy will almost certainly turn you to desperation. Under the darkness of night, a student was meeting the price for unchecked and incautious want. Clawing along the grubby stone fl...

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Author bio

I’m a full time engineer and a novice storyteller with a great love for fantastical worlds and uncovering the truths that make us human. I’m here to improve my writing, so any and all critiques are welcome. Please let me know what you think.