James Beamish

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2023

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“Long-Term Storage” by James Beamish

Submitted to Contest #185

“It’s mine and you can’t have it!” He awoke with a start as the words echoed around the storage unit. But there was no one else there to hear them. Talking in his sleep again, he realised. The nightmares of a troubled mind. Shaking the grogginess away, he saw he must have fallen asleep on his gilded throne. Again. Plenty of people talked in their sleep, of course. But he wasn’t like ‘plenty of people’. Other people might hide their true self from others – but not in a literal sense. He looked around him, taking ...

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“The Other Side” by James Beamish

Submitted to Contest #184

Max was alone now. He could feel it. There was no one else. Not from his side anyway. His side. Sides. What did that mean anyway? Everyone was an individual, so different; what made them all band together into a side so united and so opposed to another that they could fight a war? He looked over to his left. Jenkins – or what was left of Jenkins – was in that direction. Jenkins had known what to do. He had been so certain about everything. Jenkins had convinced him to si...

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“Speed Dating” by James Beamish

Submitted to Contest #183

There she was, just ahead. He’d been staring at her for half the morning but hadn’t quite found the right thing to say. He’d wanted to act calm and casual, to look like he hadn’t a care. He felt like he’d basically achieved that. He’d been leaning back, stretching out, pretty much the image of a relaxed guy. Wearing the sunglasses indoors had probably not been the best move as he had probably missed some of the visual part of the briefing. He’d been so busy trying to act cool that, to be honest, he had missed some of what had bee...

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