Bryce Kirkham

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2023

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“Blackwood's Tomcat” by Bryce Kirkham

Submitted to Contest #275

I'm sure all of you are familiar with that old superstition of black cats crossing your path being bad luck. For the majority of my lifetime, I would've dismissed that as complete and utter nonsense. An old wive's tale or something passed down from generations just to keep mundane people scared of mundane things. I ended up changing my mind on a still and lonely night while walking down a winding street bordered by a skeletal woodland in late October. Going for walks late at night had become a must for me at this point and about the only tim...

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“These Silent Halls I Roam” by Bryce Kirkham

Submitted to Contest #221

I was so excited when you guys first moved in! This old house had felt so empty for so long. I would wander these silent halls, listless, bored and lonely. These silent halls I roam, I'd always repeat in my head as a mantra for these dreary days. New people are always so exciting though. I just hope I won't scare you away. Oh, I just hope you'll stick around! You seem like such a wonderful family. You, the wife and mother, with your radiant smile and golden curls, light up any room you enter, I'm sure. You, the husband and father, strike me...

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“The Poacher, The Tigress and the Jackal” by Bryce Kirkham

Submitted to Contest #189

On a bright and sunny afternoon one day in the deep, dark wood, a poacher was taking a leisurely stroll, on the hunt for game. Suddenly, out of the blue came the unmistakable yowling of a tiger! And it sounded like it was in distress. Picking up speed, the poacher came to a clearing where he saw the poor creature tied to a tree with a taut rope. The poacher immediately and instinctively drew his gun and was stopped by the tiger's cries of "Help!" Free me, please!" Lowering his weapon and narrowing his eyes, the poacher simply asked "Why shou...

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