Don Macintosh

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2023

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“Coloured TV” by Don Macintosh

Coloured TV       He lies on his bare back, beside her, holding his head between his hands like a cabbage, rooted and resisting. He twists it back and forth as if to pull it out from his trunk. A faint blue-white light from the TV at the end of the bed flickers on and off.       “It’s alright Charles,” she murmurs, gliding her fingers toward his hand and then pouncing on the agitating male digits with their sprouts of black hair.” It’s not the end of the world. You’re just worried...

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“Balancing on the Ferris Wheel” by Don Macintosh

Submitted to Contest #222

Balancing on the Ferris Wheel        Lying in bed as a toddler, he hung closely to the pleasure of touching himself, at times entering a sickly dark tunnel that made his insides want to retch. He felt as if he was being scraped off the side of a giant sticky soft Ferris Wheel that continued to revolve faster and faster until his head and body felt like an hourglass turned upright, draining all the sand.        This was a time before he could understand that thi...

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Author bio

Don is retired and living in California after years of working in schools around the world. He had lived in Canada, Nigeria and the southern part of California for over 30 years. His writing reflects his travelling and life as a gay man.