Josh Mullenax

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2022

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“Double Agent” by Josh Mullenax

Submitted to Contest #166

The company Rolex said 6:43, but he knew it was running five minutes fast. After 45 years of service, they gave him a watch that ran fast because ‘he’d be slowing down in his old age and needed to plan accordingly.’ He thought constant math would keep him sharp so he left it. He shook his head knowing that his days of precision timing, down to the half second, were done though his body and his wife, Yuval, knew he was done a few years before. When everything is always on fire, agents never have time to think about themselves. Maybe that’s wh...

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“Doctor?! I barely know her!” by Josh Mullenax

Submitted to Contest #166

The words left his mouth before he could stop them. They flew through the room and out into the ether like colorful songbirds rising the sun on beautiful wings. He stood there, heaving, and looking around the room at those around him- watching in stunned silence. All eyes were on him now except the eyes of the woman laying on the surgical table- hers remained closed. He pulled down his mask and repeated, “I. Fucking. Quit.” He said, exasperating each word as if it was his final. He looked around, suddenly feeling exposed. The bright lights o...

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“The Gardener and the Trashman” by Josh Mullenax

Submitted to Contest #161

“What exactly does basil smell like?” He wondered, thinking about his abundant basil plant back at home. He, mentally, was among his plants, walking down the carefully tended rows. His thoughts continued, “If I had to tell someone who had never had basil before what it smelled like, what would I tell them? I could talk through the acrid, herbaceous, and earthy taste of sage, and just tell them it’s that- but not.” He chuckled to himself, now pondering his sage plant, fuzzy leaves most likely wet with dew in the early morning. It was late...

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