David Maxim Jr

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2024

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“Handsome Pete and the Cosmic Sailboat” by David Maxim Jr

Submitted to Contest #240

Handsome Pete and the Cosmic Sailboat We sailed high tides, just me and Handsome Pete. We were guided only by the eternal winds of change as we sailed across the cosmic sea. We glided down an ethereal wormhole, traveling through time and space. When our sails flapped against the oceanic pitter patter of starry magnificence, I would brush my hair back and bask in its primordial breeze. Handsome Pete rode beside me, a bashful Jack Russel Terrier, with black, wiry hair and pearly white teeth. He began each day, the same as the one before it—wit...

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“Brewed Awakening” by David Maxim Jr

Submitted to Contest #233

It's easy letting yourself go. Less so letting go of others. I took my usual route home from the office one evening after a particularly long day. A day no different from the others on the surface. However, the painful shortness of breath and drained mental clarity that had inexplicably come over me left me dragging my fingers across the keyboard, as the windowless cubicle showed no signs of the day's passing. Only the sound of the whimsical little jingle on my phone gave warning of the day's end. I dragged myself through the cubicle and ont...

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