JW McAteer

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2021

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“Flight (Year 1983)” by JW McAteer

Submitted to Contest #226

Flight (Year 1983) Courtney awoke, hazy and thirsty, a headache spreading outward from the center of her forehead. The curtains sat open, sending a spear of sunlight into her eyes. “Seriously Derrick, what the hell?” She spun her feet to the floor, propping herself up with her left hand and wincing at the pain. The bandage across her palm stained and frayed. She was supposed to change it every day, but the last few weeks kinda blurred together. Courtney surveyed the empty brown bottles and silver cans that stood scattered across the...

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“Abraison” by JW McAteer

Submitted to Contest #212

Beginnings are always harder to see than endings. When it began? How it started? You know, the usual questions — looking for someone to blame. But in the end, beginnings don’t really matter. Endings. Now, those are much easier to see. Everything ends after all. And so it is that humanity just got added to that list. No exceptions, it appears. And now I see the ending as clear as flipping to the last page of a book. A few paragraphs of text, and then nothing, just empty white space. You might even get a “The End” if you’re lucky. I don’...

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