Ian McKenna

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2022

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“Anything For You” by Ian McKenna

Submitted to Contest #232

“Will you stay with me?” “I’ll be right here.” “Will you?” “Yes.” A silvery shadow fell from the sky. A chain, as wide as the moon and the length from it to the Earth, lumbered down into the western horizon. A billion rockets, burning til they exploded, slowed its descent. Vincent, a tall and slender man, would have faced quite the wind if not. The rockets worked fine, though. In a moment, the chain will slip into its bolt with the force of a feather. Seeing the rockets, unaccountable sparkles surrounding a metal megalith, he sighed at ...

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“Like I Have No Face” by Ian McKenna

Submitted to Contest #231

I eat and that’s me. The cocktail shrimp tastes like wet sticks, and I swallow it. The crackers, tasteless, damned by salt, dry my mouth. Cold and dead things; I eat and that’s normal of me. I stand amongst lifelong friends I’ve seen just today. Murky faces I talk and act to like I adore them. Lapses in normality or common gestures I quickly blame on the vomit tasting Chardonnay. I play and convince others of myself. Therefore, this new self must surely be me. “You know what, Gary? You remind me of one of those gloomy, handsome hero...

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“The Great Grand Stand” by Ian McKenna

Submitted to Contest #205

Cedar and old dog piss wraps around our scene. A dropped feather could fill the space with sound. A round table covered in a white cloth and a ring of candles sits in the middle of several individuals. In the flickering glow, Robert DeMois could see their shapes, some being small, tall, and in various widths. Yet there faces had lost their features. All the curves of the flesh were there, but gone were the blemishes and crevices that life paints with. Shadows pooled in the hollows of their cheeks and eyes. If not for the occasional twitch, R...

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