David Menchin

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

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“The Man” by David Menchin

The Man had been awake for an hour, yet still lay in bed trying to imitate his breathing pattern to mimic that of someone still asleep. It was dark, the curtains which were uncharacteristically undraped hung back to reveal the contents of his room in a grey monotone light. He had been woken in a startle and his hand in the grasp of unconscious motion reached for the Beretta that lay under his pillow. Everything he could feel and remember was odd. It was as if he was a completely different man. Firstly he hesitated to give in to an immediate ...

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“God Stole the Sun” by David Menchin

Submitted to Contest #92

It was 6 in the morning when mayor Lelland Gerrald’s black leather shoes echoed throughout the Blistering white halls of what he knew to be the Underground tunnel between his ‘Mayoral Abode’ and ‘U.S.A.F Facility 37.’ At this point, a trained ear would be able to hear the ever so slight limp that Lelland walked with, if it were not for the accompanying sounds of 14 other pairs of black leather shoes echoing through the manmade tunnel of pure light which penetrated Lellands every thought. The first reaction to the power outage consisted of t...

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“The Wooden Submarine” by David Menchin

Submitted to Contest #61

The gentle movement of air created as the broom held by Hue George swayed back and forth was echoed throughout the dusty attic. The pure yellow rays of a bright sun intruded like a flame through the singular window, only to be blocked by his body. The melody of the broom and the soothing heat of the sun had put Hue in a trance, as the broom barely touched the floor swaying back and forth, back and forth. It wasn't that he was necessarily thinking of anything important in this trance. In fact quite the opposite. His mind was empty at the mome...

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