DM Schwartz

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2022

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“The Pac” by DM Schwartz

Submitted to Contest #150

THE PAC By DM Schwartz “It can’t work,” said Paul. “It will work,” said Eddy. “Think about it. We’re all of us just walking meat machines. If a kidney or a lung or even a heart goes bad, you plug in another one.” “Kidneys and lungs and hearts are one thing. You’re talking about the central nervous system. The human brain. That’s like-” “That’s like everything else. Made of matter. Memories are stored in that matter just like books in a library.” “You always think in oversimplifications.” “You always think in overcomplifications.” “T...

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“Gretta” by DM Schwartz

Submitted to Contest #146

GRETTA Little Gretta Bunnell from Austin, Minnesota. A girl whose greatest aspiration in elementary school had been to become the next iteration of her teachers. Her frumpy, dreary, bland teachers who were pleasantly content with the slowly suffocating weight of anonymous, irrelevant mediocrity. The epiphany occurred in high school. Freshman year. First semester. Ms. Dowager’s third period PE class. It was a grey September morning. September in Minnesota often meant intermittent snow flurries. Sporadic white flakes drifted and swirled on ...

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“The Makeover” by DM Schwartz

Submitted to Contest #145

Dell Hastings sat on stool in the dark room. The single naked bulb overhead offered a weak light that illuminated his features. Everything else remained in shadow. Dell smiled. He'd once been considered handsome. His smiles provoked warm feelings in others. But now? They three most obvious scars on Dell's face you could see from across a banquet hall. They looked like giant, flesh toned centipedes had taken residence there. One ran down from his left temple, across his eye and ended near his nose. A second ran a jagged course across his fo...

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