Joseph Murray

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2024

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Purspective” by Joseph Murray

Submitted to Contest #275

For as long as I could remember, my mother let me sleep in her room. She even brought my bed into her bedroom. My days were filled with drinking milk and playing. Occasionally, my mother would bathe me which was the absolute worst. Other than that, life was grand. In the words of my mother, I was her precious little guy. Everything was going great until one fateful night.I lay curled up in my bed while my mother slept in her bed next to mine. Though I was mostly asleep, an annoying noise kept threatening to pull me from the chains of unconsc...

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“Blackout” by Joseph Murray

Submitted to Contest #273

BlackoutI am lost in my own thoughts again. I blink my eyes rapidly as my focus returns. Was I daydreaming?Yellow road lines travel down the center of the dark red convertible I’m driving. I guide the car back into the right lane. Luckily, there is no oncoming traffic on this two lane road. As far as I can see, there is nothing at all out here. No other cars, no foliage, just a whole bunch of yellow desert and blue sky. The only thing breaking up the unending flatness is a brownish landmass in the far distance…Is that a butte or a mesa…...

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Author bio

I've been writing inside of my head since 8th grade. It's about time that I share the worlds inside my head with the world outside of it.