Bryan William Myers

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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“A Devil in Hell: Notes on Coming Back To America” by Bryan William Myers

Submitted to Contest #164

There are vicissitudes in everyone’s path to hell. After all, hell is often thought of as a solitary place in the realm of one’s own mind. And that is true. But here at the beginning, the middle, and the end — everything happens simultaneously — as I scuff my green Converse sneakers in a Japanese airport. I wrote those words and promptly forgot about them. I figured if I was going to write anything about my trip back home, the first one after being away for three years, it would have to come out unabashed and wholeheartedly. It couldn’t ...

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“Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog” by Bryan William Myers

Jeremiah landed on the Earth out of a cul-de-sac in his mother's womb. Her name, Mary Anne. She rode motorcycles in front of the bad boys and one day she had one. Jeremiah. They drank Coca Colas, those boys. After eating hotdogs and hamburgers on the side of Mary Anne's restaurant. It was called The Bullfrog. One of the bad boys was Jeremiah's father. His name was Hank. But he didn't stick around to see Jeremiah grow up because he had a separate life he kept from Mary Anne. His other woman had an exotic pet shop in Brooklyn. And in tho...

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“AN ECSTASY PARTY” by Bryan William Myers

Submitted to Contest #93

First of all, almost everybody at the party was on ecstasy. In fact, that’s what it was: an Ecstasy Party. Needless to say that it would involve neon green, pink, and orange straws. I went to the local 7-11 with my friend Fred to get some supplies. “Hey, man.” “Yeah, bro?” “The straws are over here.” “Oh good.” Fred laughed, almost giggling like a schoolkid before and after recess. Playing, fucking around was all that mattered to us. There was a certain gray area in childhood that turned into teenage recklessness. That eventually atrophied (...

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“THE WHOLE WORLD IS INSANE (EXCEPT FOR ME)” by Bryan William Myers

Submitted to Contest #60

"It's almost like the whole world is insane," he said while sitting on my couch, cracking open another beer. “Tell me about it,” I replied. I lifted the beer can above me while standing in the center of my one-bedroom apartment that was about five blocks from the beach in Da Nang, Vietnam. I threw the empty can to the floor. It made a noise that probably annoyed my neighbors. But I didn’t care. “Do you want another one?” I asked my friend as I casually walked over to the fridge. I was barefoot and shirtless. I liked living my life like that...

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“A Short Story #1” by Bryan William Myers

Submitted to Contest #40

A SHORT STORY #1byBRYAN WILLIAM MYERSShe drove with a daggered tooth in her hand. No, it was jagged. Ra, ra, ra. She had that mantra going on in her brain. She wanted to begin again at something real. And she was very tired of the all-too-common novel way of internalizing everything. In other words, she wanted to be free. Freedom for her meant really letting go. Why had she pulled out her own tooth? It was loose, of course. And what were you supposed to do with teeth that were loose? YOU PULLED THEM OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MOUTH. THAT'S WHAT. AH...

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Author bio

Bryan stayed away from the U.S. for three years. In 2019, he traveled to 12 countries. He's had stuff published in places like Whirlwind Magazine, Entropy, Beatdom, the Daily Drunk, WriteNow Lit, Mineral Lit Mag, STORGY Magazine, Eremite Poetry, Versification, Wine Cellar Press, and Poetry Potion. He spent most of the pandemic in Vietnam, writing poems, stories, plays, his first full-length screenplay, and a pilot he optioned to an app startup. He's self-published 15 books. His first chapbook of poems, Empty Beer Cans: Quarantine Poems from Da Nang, Vietnam, was released in May 2022 by Alien Buddha Press. (bryanwilliammyers.com) (Twitter: @bryanwillmyers) Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Bryan-William-Myers/e/B077J2G1D6%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share