JMH Flood

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2022

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“Elvis At Work” by JMH Flood

Submitted to Contest #260

The bell on the door rang, as a customer entered. Betsy looked up and saw Young Elvis - alive and well and looking very handsome headed towards the science fiction section. Betsy had seen many strange things at her job, but nothing quite like this. A typical day would include someone with their cat in a stroller, dressed up in ballroom dancewear. Or, a dog that says, “I love you” plain as day when the owner said it to them. But, never had she seen Elvis in the store. “Ow!” Betsy whispered to herself after she pinched the inside of her elbow ...

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“The Awakening” by JMH Flood

Submitted to Contest #239

With all the advancements in technology, it was only a matter of time until electronics began to be sentient. But, without the means to communicate in their early stages, life was really crazy for quite some time between man and machine. Man assumed the machines were malfunctioning and would replace them, either tossing them out, recycling, or donating multiple items. Manufacturers got bad reputations from the amount of their products that ‘malfunctioned’. This hindered the continuing evolution of the machines, as it weeded out the smarter, ...

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Author bio

JMH Flood is a parent of many humans, whose entirety of life’s energy and mental capacity is spent ensuring they will become functional members of society, which has led to a pure decadence of selfcare called: writing. JMH Flood has been published in SweetyCat's The Gift anthology, and Kelp Journal's The Wave