Jim Corinthians

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2021

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“Wannabe Vampire” by Jim Corinthians

Submitted to Contest #92

Life is pain. A miasma of pain and blackness, leaving me drowning in pain and misery. Even though I am but 12, I know this world is shi- garbage. Everything is terrible all the time. And the worst is my mother. This malicious malcontent constantly hangs around and doesn’t understand the pain I go through every day. You see, I am a vampire. A creature of the night. An undying spectre of darkness set to consume the world. I am the apex predator among apex predators. And she thinks she can make me go to soccer practice? Of cours...

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“The Senator” by Jim Corinthians

Submitted to Contest #90

On a dreary September evening, there is a lake by a forest, and on that lake sits a small cottage. In this cottage is an old woman, sitting in front of a fire. She is on the phone, listening intently to the other person. In her other hand is a steaming cup of tea. The TV is on, a local news station reporting that an environmental bill failed. In the kitchen is the old woman’s daughter, making some blueberry muffins. The old woman loved blueberry muffins, and the daughter was able to get fresh blueberries from the nearby fores...

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“Harmony” by Jim Corinthians

Submitted to Contest #89

The weather was nice, food was plentiful, and life was peaceful. Of course, this could not last. It happened slowly, at first, so no one even knew what was happening. First, one of our great hunters slipped and broke his ankle. It wasn’t even during a hunt, he was just bathing himself in the river and slipped on a wet rock. It wasn’t serious, he was definitely going to live, but it was going to stop him from hunting for a few months. We still had food and plenty of hunters. His wife proved herself to be quite the natural,...

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“Class of '24” by Jim Corinthians

Submitted to Contest #89

“Hey, James, listen.” I pull on his sleeve. He’s so much taller than me. I have to look up at his gorgeous brown eyes... No! I have to focus! “Oh what up shorty? I didn’t see you there!” He rests his arm on my head, exaggerating our height difference. “C'mon, stop that! You know I hate that.” I lied. It was the last day of high school, and we were dressed in incredibly cheap nylon robes. This whole graduation ceremony was incredibly tacky. “Seriously, I need to say-” A loud tapping rang through the hall. Someone stood...

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“Happy Marriage” by Jim Corinthians

Submitted to Contest #89

The sun glared in my face as I drove away from the courthouse. My foot felt heavy. I had signed my name along the bottom of the paper. It actually happened. This is the first time I’ve signed such a document. I never thought I would be signing such a document. I always feared I would sign such a document. But here I am, pen in hand, standing morosely across from my wife - my ex wife. She doesn’t look that upset. That’s one thing I always admired about her, she never really got sad about anything. One of the things I really admired abou...

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