Dimitris Mpoukompidis

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“The power of the crowd” by Dimitris Mpoukompidis

Submitted to Contest #80

The masked guy is sitting alone in the office looking out of the window through the shades. He is the one that they call "February". Except from his clothing and the gun, he doesn't look like a criminal. He is wimpy and moves around like a shy biology teacher. But still, together with 10 other people, they are keeping 54 hostages for three weeks. The office door opens and the one that they call "April" prompts a hostage to get in with a polite push, he then leaves the room closing the door behind him. The hostage looks tired but not abused...

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“Hopeless” by Dimitris Mpoukompidis

Submitted to Contest #79

I feel the sun burning my face. I can even see it with my closed eyes. I cannot say that it woke me up, I am not even sure when I am dreaming and when I am sleeping any more. The hunger has crushed my body and the thirst started to obscure reality. I am so tired I cannot open my eyes, I cannot even close them tighter to block the sun - I just stay there, unable to move, I suffer. Hopeless, I try to keep a log of the events in my memory to keep my mind busy - maybe even keep it sane. But it always comes up as flashes of horror. The first im...

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