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Josh E

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2023

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Nowhere Else to Step

Josh E

Submitted to Contest #183

Edmund was a rising star, welcomed like a lost child by the film world. The papers were crazy over him like a dog with a new toy. There wasn’t much else a 21-year-old could wish for. He had the looks, the fame… and the MONEY! He sure had a heavy wallet. Who would’ve thought two movies in three years could get him where he was? Like the sun in the early hours of the day, Ed’s rise was unstoppable.A reporter pushed through the crowd and stood by the barricade. Edmund stopped like any actor on the carpet would do. You had to give some time to b...

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A Reckless Chase to Regret

Josh E

Submitted to Contest #182

The sirens grew closer. Even now, amidst the chaos, Luke was calm. A police car had stopped in front of the building with the officer inside calling to him.“Sergeant Myers!” Luke shouted, a smile on his face. The officer was a childhood friend of his. They had gone to high school together, best friends, two troublemakers in the back of Mr Schultz’s international studies class.“What’s happened, Luke?”“It was them again.”Fear fell over Myers’ face. The people Luke was talking about had been terrorising the city for months, leaving the police d...

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The Rhythmic Tapping of My Heel

Josh E

Even without a breath of fresh air, I preferred my room to outside. My mother would laugh when she saw me. My face inches away from the screen, eyes glued to whatever lights decided to glow. I was a deer fixed to these flashing boxes, these tubes of colour streaming from one side to the other. Stuck in my own world, I felt that life was malleable. Everything out of my interests were but meaningless background noise.I could hear a faint scuttling downstairs. My mother was waking from her midday nap. It was like her ritual, her way of finding ...

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