Dempsey Hyatt

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2022

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11 Stories

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“Peanut Butter” by Dempsey Hyatt

Submitted to Contest #206

 Muffled pleasantries from outside the Therapist's closed office doors let her know the next appointment had arrived. The Therapist recognized the patient's voice exchanging niceties with the secretary on the other side of the doors. "Tsk," said the Therapist, quietly reprimanding herself for using the term patient rather than client. The Therapist did not need to look at her calendar to remember who the next client was or her notes concerning the details of the previous appointments. She couldn't forget such an intriguing case. "Are yo...

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“Tomb of the Dusty Prisoner” by Dempsey Hyatt

Submitted to Contest #204

Kira had seen droughts on Tomb. He was immortal; he had seen rain, rivers, oceans, and lakes too, but now the planet only had dust to offer. That's how he knew the town was damned.Kira did not worry about the damned. As he sat on the porch of yet another saloon in yet another town along yet another dusty road, he thought,Why should I care about these walking dead, these people who suffer time as if it's a sickness?Perhaps there was a time when Kira would have felt superiority to humans, but no longer. Being a prisoner of endlessness made him...

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“Destination Arcturus” by Dempsey Hyatt

Submitted to Contest #163

Initiate cryopod wake sequence… complete. Subject’s vital signs are nominal. Injecting epinephrine… subject is becoming lucid. Scanning Wernicke's area of the brain. Language center located at the posterior superior temporal lobe of Broca's area and is connected via a neural pathway. Link to remote neural implant established. Chain of command algorithm requires verbal confirmation from the Captain. Commence audio broadcast to Captain via neural implant.            “Captain Cadenza, I a...

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“Moral Orel” by Dempsey Hyatt

Submitted to Contest #158

      Orel awoke to the beeping sound of his homemade perimeter alarms. At first, he thought it was due to the wildlife in the area again; his laboratory in the middle of nowhere meant the alarms triggered more on deer and raccoons than they did with humans. The mail wasn’t delivered here, and Orel wasn’t even sure if the cabin had an address. Still the same, Orel’s cautiousness was warranted since beginning his drug synthesis endeavor. Orel swung his feet from the bed to the floor and grabbed binoculars. He r...

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“Next time on Love Galaxy!” by Dempsey Hyatt

Submitted to Contest #157

WARNING: This story contains love, lust, and ghirlsblips the size of a pirate’s eye patch           I was having breakfast, Cinnamon Toast Crunch with a glass of orange juice, when a helicopter landed on the front lawn of my suburban house outside of Sacramento. When two G-Men, government cronies in their typical black suits and ties, knocked on my front door, I was glad I wouldn’t have to explain this situation to my two teenage girls, who were already at school, and my wife, who was at...

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“Downward-facing Dog” by Dempsey Hyatt

Submitted to Contest #156

“Girl, you gotta get back on your horse and mount someone,” my friend, Andrea, said as we sipped our Mai Tais in a tiki bar that was equidistant between our respective apartments in Brooklyn.              I gasped and said, “Andrea! That’s a bit crude. I’m not looking for sex, I—”              “Not looking just for sex,” she corrected.           &nbs...

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“Time Bends You” by Dempsey Hyatt

Submitted to Contest #154

     I was working in my shop as a Chemist when a woman walked in with a gun and shot me. My bulletproof lab coat deflected the six.44 Magnum shots, but it still felt like getting pummeled. Bullets ricocheted, breaking beakers, vials, and other glassware. I winced, verified my body was not Swiss cheese with a glance, then gawked at my assailant. She was young, maybe in her twenties which meant she was born into the apocalypse. She wore a black tank top with black polymer pants and a clear visor with a digital displ...

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“Destination Arcturus” by Dempsey Hyatt

Submitted to Contest #153

Initiate cryopod wake sequence… complete. Subject’s vital signs are nominal. Injecting epinephrine… subject is becoming lucid. Scanning Wernicke's area of the brain. Language center located at the posterior superior temporal lobe of Broca's area and is connected via a neural pathway. Link to remote neural implant established. Chain of command algorithm requires verbal confirmation from the Captain. Commence audio broadcast to Captain via neural implant.           “Captain Cadenza, I am yo...

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“Market Miraclenomics” by Dempsey Hyatt

Submitted to Contest #152

“Well, hey there!” said an animated mote of light with cartoonish eyes and a pleasant smile from the job orientation video I was asked to watch. “We welcome you to the most premiere miraclenomic firm in the world; Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Raphael, or what we colloquially call MGUR.”The flying mote of light giggled then said, “Follow me! I’ll show you around!” It twirled then streamed across the screen as a ribbon of light, and the camera panned to the MGUR building, previously called the One World Trade Center. Then, the screen transitio...

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“Gurgleplop” by Dempsey Hyatt

Submitted to Contest #151

“Old witch, Gurgleplop, she likes her repetition Her curse is foul, just as her bowels, and leads to your perdition Old hag, Gurgleplop, eats to her volition Once you disgorge, her will is forged and feeds as your mortician!” “Ah, Balin, good to see ya. You hear those fools singin’ in there?” asked a patron smoking a pipe outside the town’s only tavern. A sign painted with a Green Egg swung above the man’s head as he said, “You’d think they’d get tired of that old song, but they just keep singin’ it and singin’ it.”’ Balin knew the tavern ...

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“B.S.O.D.” by Dempsey Hyatt

Submitted to Contest #150

Chapter 1: Computer Initialized I awoke from a frightening dream about subatomic particles when my roommate burst into the dorm room. He yelled to someone in the hallway, and I tried to comprehend what he was saying and remember my dream simultaneously, but it all ended up in the jumble of being suddenly awoke. As my roommate’s words processed, my dream of gas ionization occurring in a cloud chamber faded from memory. “Yeah, Hiram’s in here. Looks like he just woke up.” Lucas said. He went to the windows and drew the blinds. I winced from t...

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Author bio

I'm a chemist, professor, death metal guitarist, video game enthusiast, and burgeoning writer of fiction. Since R. L. Stine sucked me into Goosebumps when I was in 4th grade, I haven't stopped reading books. Sometimes those books were on science but I've found myself enjoying science fiction more and more. I have a goal of getting two manuscripts I've written published and actively seeking representation.