Bryan Brady

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2023

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“The Endless Gallery” by Bryan Brady

Submitted to Contest #211

I hadn’t felt this moved by a painting in decades. Each tilt of my head brought a different perspective of swirling color. Waves of red swept into eddies of ochre oranges and sulfuric yellows. The longer I looked at it, the less any of the colors wanted to stand still. It might have shown a sunset, or the thin skin of a star. I ached to possess the skill the artist so clearly had possessed. The command of colors, of emotions, all placed on canvas by merely human hands. Forget decades, I hadn’t felt this moved in centuries. This was a work w...

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“Containment” by Bryan Brady

Submitted to Contest #194

“Wait. I’m concerned what you heard was: ‘they have no military’. What I said was ‘they currently have zero militarized presence.’ Do you understand the difference, Emissary?” I shifted my weight awkwardly between all four of my back feet as I checked the translator on my ear to make sure it was working correctly. Diplomacy had never been a strong suit of mine–it was one of the many reasons I’d been stationed out here in the black to begin with—and I was unused to dealing with someone of Emissary Krellik’s high station. Not to mention a spec...

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