James Masters

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2022

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“Victory” by James Masters

Submitted to Contest #157

John Michael Samuels the third woke, and the day was glorious indeed. Golden sunshine cascaded through crisp, white, Venetian blinds, and onto his catalog-perfect Ikea bedroom. Malm high bed frame, Eket wall cabinets set in as bedside tables, tasteful Stoense low-profile rug on the wooden floors beneath. He couldn’t pronounce a word of it. Not one. But John Michael Samuels the third was wholly unconcerned with that. It was perfect, and this perfection was the sole concern of John Michael Samuels the third. A perfect recreation of the Instagr...

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“I Wake” by James Masters

Submitted to Contest #156

I wake. Dim, hazy, featureless nothing. I blink. A bar. Light comes from somewhere above or around. Dim, warm, yellow. Cheap. I grimace. A man. He nods to me. Me? My drink. “Another?” I look down. Empty. I look up. I smile. Something of a smile. “One more.” He nods. He turns. He pours. He returns. He nods. I nod. I drink. “You always drink the cheap stuff?” I laugh. Something of a laugh. “Sure. Why not?” He shrugs. “Cause it’s shit.” I laugh. More of a laugh. I shrug. I smile. More of a smile. “Buddy. Everything’s shit.” He laug...

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