M B

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2022

Stories (8)

8 Stories

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“The Jade Jaguar ” by M B

“That’s not how I remember it,” Amber said leaning forward, the meerkat’s clawed hands rested on the desk as she stared down the occupant opposite her. It was hot and overcast outside - creatures braving the wet heat to get to their jobs looked like ants down below. “Really? Then how do you remember it?” The hardboiled rat detective behind the desk responded. Amber leaned back and ...

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“Kairi Makes a Stand” by M B

Kairi rolled out of her bunk as soon as she heard the alarm next to her bunk blare: She was due to report to duty in less than an hour. The blue-skinned girl - an Altheaten - brushed a strand of red hair behind one of her elfin ears and yawned. Her quarters were but a single small bed, a washroom the size of a closet, a nightstand fastened to the floor, and - of course - a door and large window. A few tr...

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“Reload” by M B

Staff Sergeant Jimenez took in his surroundings as he tightly gripped his M4 and exhaled. He was in a once state-of-the-art facility... now a disaster area. Bullet holes lined the walls, expensive computers were smashed and destroyed, two corpses lay on the floor in white lab coats... ...‘Brilliant minds’ that had tampered with something they shouldn’t have, Jimenez note...

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“Strange Allies” by M B

The dracoz made an intimidating figure against the setting sun: He had black scales with a bit of gray down the throat, two large horns jutting from the top of his draconic head, and a long tail ending in a spade point trailing behind him. His yellow eyes gleamed in the dusk light. His kilt rustled in the wind of the plains as the sun glinted off bits of armor adorning his torso. His greatsword - complete with a gem upon...

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“Shady Maples” by M B

I don’t know what urge sent me there that evening, but I’m glad I went. They were tearing down Shady Maple Apartments - my first apartment. I pulled over to the side just to see the old building one more time and reminisce. The property was sealed off by a chain-link fence where construction - or rather demolition - workers, along with their bulldozers and backhoes, were all about the building co...

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“Amber's Fortune” by M B

The sign on the shop read: ‘Mystical Madame Mandy: Psychic Readings by Appointment’. A large neon eye was glowing above with huge wooden hands shimmying to and fro alongside. Amber - ace meerkat reporter - snapped a photo of the storefront in a little strip mall in the north side of town. She had just photographed an elderly mink walking out of the subject’s shop. Amber v...

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“The Case of Timmy Tomtittat ” by M B

Normalton Public Library was one of the few grand buildings of the small town: a ‘bastion of knowledge and wisdom,’ the poetically-inclined called it. The stone lions guarding the entrance yawned and stretched before settling back down on their pedestals. It was overcast. The wind blew down empty streets. The stone feline on the left turned its head lazily to watch a patron trudging up th...

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“When It Doesn't Pan Out” by M B

Amber, a young meerkat journalist, sat in the last booth of ‘Rod’s Roadside Café.’ A plump coyote waitress ran to and fro into the kitchen behind her. It was late evening and the sun was quickly fading into night. The woods past the parking lot were turning from a pleasing orange into black.The meerkat, dressed in a skirt and semi casual blouse, reached into her purse and checked her essential items: Recorder? Check. Notepad and pen? Check. Pepper spray? Check.It certainly wasn’t her fi...

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Author bio

I'm M B on Reedsy most my other sites I go by some form of MercenaryBlade. I'm a writer who has had a handful of published shorts. My genres are varied but I like scifi/fantasy and historical settings. I dabble at horror and other genres. I also really enjoy writing about nonhuman and human characters. In the real world my name is Derek Cottrell, and I've been many things in life and done a lot of traveling. Mostly when I was in the service. I hope you can find something to your liking here and I welcome your thoughts.