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Joshua Kim

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2023

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An Opposite Perception

Joshua Kim

Submitted to Contest #288

They say rain symbolizes sadness. One of the reasons for such a perspective is because rain itself feels like the tears that people shed when they feel immense sadness. But on the other hand, interpretation is in the eye of the beholder. For one, it can feel like it symbolizes sadness, but for another, it can feel like maybe the rain is in the process of cleansing the earth from its’ filth and dirt and making sure that the nutrients are provided for everything that breathes and has life, including us humans. For me? I think that my emo...

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A Break and a Surprise

Joshua Kim

Submitted to Contest #287

A Break and a SurpriseJoshua poured a cup of tea into the cup. The hot water pouring was music enough for the young man, Chris to be soothed. But they both knew that it wouldn’t be the only sound that they would be subject to. Chris waited anxiously as Joshua had finished preparing the green tea for both of them. Joshua put the cup down in front of Chris and sat in the chair in front of him. Chris took the cup and then chuckled, “Sir, it feels a little awkward taking this from you. I mean, shouldn’t I be the one to serve you?” Joshua wa...

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Unexpected

Joshua Kim

Submitted to Contest #264

Unexpected June’s mouth gaped at the revelation. Today was the day of her dear friend’s wedding, and she didn’t think much of it, rather than the fact that her dear friend, who had gone through much suffering in her relatively short life was now getting married… It was enough to move her to tears. But the reason that her mouth was gaping was because of the person right in front of her. Someone that she thought she had seen the last of during her turbulent, suffering years in high school was back in her life, albeit it would have been f...

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A Clash

Joshua Kim

Submitted to Contest #259

A Clash In ages before us, we see that when there was a clash of ideas, fighting ensued. Of course, in our age, that is not something that is absent. However, that is not to say that something else has been added: Awkwardness. Said awkwardness was the result of miscommunication and keeping things to themselves, but no more. Someone, who was elderly spoke up, and his words provide a sort of relief, if not icebreaking of the atmosphere to provide a type of progress: “Is nobody going to say it?” The party involved looked up to the elder, who lo...

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Perspective

Joshua Kim

Submitted to Contest #243

The Perspective of a Fox ‘I think, therefore I am.’‘Be wise as serpents…’‘Know yourself!’ These are some of the sayings of humans that my old pops taught me. He said he learned from his dad, my grandpa. They say that these were the sayings that had been handed down from one generation to the other, and that each generation had added their own saying that they learned from humans from the time they were created on the earth. Pretty cool, right? I mean, as a fox, as a creature that lives on this very earth, I always wondered about humans, so m...

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Running Away?

Joshua Kim

Submitted to Contest #235

Running Away? Grace let out a sigh as she prepared. One may be tempted to ask what she was preparing for. The answer to that was a little more complicated than one could imagine. To understand what Grace was going through at the moment, you have to rewind a bit back to her childhood. She was dragged from where she could somewhat call her home to an entirely foreign land, which was strange, since she knew that by her looks, she wasn’t in a foreign country, she was in where people would usually call ‘home.’ But for the past 10 or so years, s...

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Sleep

Joshua Kim

Submitted to Contest #224

Sleep…? “I can’t sleep….” Have you ever had the feeling that something needs to be done, but you were sidetracked because of something? That something is usually ‘productive,’ but in Joanna’s case? Well…. Joanna had to sleep because of the big test tomorrow, but found herself unable to do so, which tortured her since, even though nowadays, she was less infamous, back in high school, her nickname was: “Sleeping Beauty.” Awaiting her prince to come to her to awake her from her sleep with a kiss. But it seemed like her parents ...

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Daily Life

Joshua Kim

Daily Life Paul woke up in shock when he heard the alarm go off. When he looked at his smart phone, he squinted to see what the time was. The lock screen illuminated in the pitch of darkness and read, ‘4:30 A.M.’ He sighed and let out a yawn, his eyes droopy as he tried to stay awake. He massaged his neck until he realized that, ‘I’m not going to stay awake in this bed…’ Grudgingly, he swung his legs towards the ground, stood up and headed to the bathroom to wash up. He did the usual: He washed his face, shaved, and put on va...

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A Traveler

Joshua Kim

A Traveler I honestly didn’t think that I would ever do this: Inviting a stranger to my home. After all, my home wasn’t anything to brag about, nor was I gifted with the attribute of hospitality to others. In fact, that title belonged to my older brother, who was currently in Amsterdam, Netherlands, studying for his master’s degree, in a university that was, as I heard, established by a former Prime Minister of that country, about 140ish years ago. When I was walking down the street, I heard some things clattering. It sounded like ...

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Where Are You?

Joshua Kim

Submitted to Contest #189

Where Are You? It was so terribly cold. Snow was falling, and it was almost dark. Sheets of snow had already covered the garden. In springtime, the roses would bloom to perfection in this garden. This was a place where Jonathan and his father would come every year to get away for one day. For Jonathan, from school, for his father, from work. Now, some people might ask, why a rose garden? Well, the answer was simple: Jonathan and his father were two people who wanted to be around beautiful nature for a day, rather than go on an adve...

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