Joel Samberg

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

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“Misshapen Chaos” by Joel Samberg

Submitted to Contest #54

Did you see me on the Tony Awards last year? Of course not. I wasn’t there. Actually, there was a time, back in my wannabe actor days, when I thought I might actually be on that show one day. But the curtain drew on those wannabe days many years ago. In my defense, it had nothing to do with failing to make my mark as a starving actor; I had decided halfway through college to become a starving writer instead. The fact is that in terms of real interest and true passion, writing always won out. But that's not meant to discount the value th...

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“Man of Clay” by Joel Samberg

Submitted to Contest #48

Percy called his son Jeremy into the den and asked him to please sit down on the couch. So Jeremy sat at the edge of the comfortable though threadbare sofa. He sat at the very edge, signaling his unease. Percy was already on his favorite swivel easy chair beside it—Pop’s Chair, as it was usually—which gave him the ability to sink down low or spin to the left if he felt the need to look away. And indeed, he might have to look away; after all, this was The Talk, the one he had been dreading since Jeremy graduated high school a few weeks ago.&n...

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