Joseph Larsen

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2020

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“Greetings from Mykonos” by Joseph Larsen

After a long arduous trek through deep space, the crew of the Mykonos star ship arrived at their destination. A beautiful blue orb perfectly centered in the habitable zone of a young yellow sun. It was the third of nine planets orbiting the system, a planet that could and possibly did sustain life.Mykonos astronomers had detected radio transmissions emanating from the area on the yellow star in the Quaquel Quadrant of the galaxy and while the signal was indecipherable, it piqued the interest of the high commander and she ordered the expediti...

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“The Pouch” by Joseph Larsen

Submitted to Contest #24

   In the spring of 1870, Larry Blackmore was arguably one of the worst pool players in New York City. He had gotten the bug shooting pool on the table in the back of Johansson’s dry goods and religiously lost his 5-cent allowance every week until he graduated to playing in Darby’s pool hall where he lost every dime he earned working as a stable boy at the local livery. It became a tradition. Paid at 5pm, broke at 9pm. I mean to tell you, this kid had no stroke. He could no more put together a string of balls than fly to the moon....

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