James McClung

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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“Meeting Memphis” by James McClung

Submitted to Contest #41

The day that I met Memphis I was at the lowest point in my journey, and frankly I was at home there. For two decades addiction had dragged me to lower, and lower lows, and hope was no longer within my nature. The resilience that every young addict has, fades with age, until it becomes acceptance of a fate worse than death.I hardly felt anything in those days, except a desire to use drugs. So I was as stunned as anyone when my first sight of Memphis elicited such a visceral response. Normally to be addicted is to be self cen...

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