Kwame MA McPherson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2023

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“My Oasis” by Kwame MA McPherson

Submitted to Contest #233

My mouth had been dry, and I couldn’t tell when last I’d a tipple. In fact, a long time ago, all the bartenders in all the bars along the strip knew who I was. They knew me so much that even a drink was named after me: Top Me Up, a mixture of rum, coke, orange juice with a splash of gin and a lemon wedge on the glass’s rim. Talk about blowing one’s head off. My concoction was something I’d been introduced to while away. I’d made all the bars notorious because of that one drink and partygoers from far and wide would visit the strip and ask fo...

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I am a storyteller and love words. The power of them can move a reader from one state to another, provoke thought and inspire action. I live to be able to do that.