Leslie Medberry

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2020

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“Between Night and Day” by Leslie Medberry

Submitted to Contest #138

 So much boredom, tedium, cabin fever, mental haze. In the underground bunker the soldiers did all they could to stay alert. To keep their mental focus, they played cards, checkers, and chess. They listened to MP3 players, did calisthenics, wrote in journals. Tinkering with repairs, sewing, cleaning their weapons, they tried to avoid becoming snappish. They rode a line between strength and force. Waiting to receive their signal, to enact the drill they were trained for. Through the trap door, and a few steps in a dark passage, out into ...

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“Time to Choose” by Leslie Medberry

Submitted to Contest #137

 I can’t culture these cells right. God, I’m so stupid! Why can’t I recognize the sequence. A failed batch and I need every drop of lastinium that I could find in the local supply depots. I, I mean, she, and they, will die. I won’t be able to stand a world without humans. They’re so ..colorful. When I first came on line this planet was so lively, so colorful. The sky was light, people walked around without masks and surget pills.  I heard Nancy start to cry in pain in the infirmary. “I’m sorry, I’m coming!” If I could cry, it mig...

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Author bio

I'm from Berkeley, CA and I have a Bachelors of Liberal Arts from Northern Arizona University. My favorite writers include Edgar Alan Poe, Shakespeare, and Alexander Dumas.