Joshua Barry

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2021

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2 Stories

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“Mick's first job” by Joshua Barry

Submitted to Contest #109

A friend of mine’s son got his dream job. He got it about a year ago and is still as happy as a dog with two tails. I’m proud of him by extension of his father. This is the story of his first day on the job. A sign flashed a yellow oval of Hain’s Bail Bonds over a glass door, not lighting anything other than the East Wareham fog that made the evening more oppressive. The corner botequim seemed to provide the most illumination with the vape shop's CBD sign a minor second. It looked like any rundown strip mall on the periphery of an al...

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“Delta 16 COB Nail” by Joshua Barry

Submitted to Contest #107

The key to any good trap is to entice the prey. You can’t snap a neck if the animal doesn’t pass over your pit. But what kind of trap do you set for an unknown? Really...please ask yourself. Especially if you are kind of short on time. When you are hunting illegally on someone else's land. When you are poacting, trespassing, a spy and most likely seen as crazy. Crazy because you are hunting a monster. Not by choice. That is GySgt Ahmad Al-Sagar's problem. And his problem is because of a pissing contest between the US Air Force and the...

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