Brian Serven

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

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“Haunting the Streets” by Brian Serven

Submitted to Contest #59

The city is alive with excitement. It is early afternoon on Christmas eve and the streets are overrun with gleeful residents bustling around, brimming with determination to get those last few presents before many of the shops close in anticipation of the holiday parade set to trace the streets after dusk. Off of the main street, like an estuary, runs a lonesome alley wrought with debris and dumpsters. The alley catches and intensifies the wind coming off of the river. Curled up along the foundation of a towering skyscraper is a weary...

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“Master Breaker” by Brian Serven

Submitted to Contest #58

School children count the seconds passing in a darkened classroom because the fluorescent overhead lights have been turned off. Large wooden windows are propped open with stacked books to manage the heat and stuffiness of the room. Memories of summer, late nights, and freedom haunt the children as they stare out at the beckoning sun. It’s hard to adjust to being back in school when the weather is so nice. The school bell rings. Everyone flees unwilling incarceration. Most kids ditch their books and backpacks and rush to the river. Som...

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