Maddox Umholtz

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2024

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“The Man in the Barrel (or Steel Drum)” by Maddox Umholtz

Submitted to Contest #272

{TW, Physical violence, gore, abuse, degradation, references to self-harm}Day such and such, living, partly, in the captor’s, the bulking flesh, slice of space, under unknown amount of earth. A mattress, one which has the scent of the hole, and a hole to the right of the foot of it; four feet of space to sit up, a waterspout for gerbils, ferrets and other such domesticated rodents that hangs from the top left edge and protrudes from a small cavity in the ceiling, and a tray of slop that unfolds from the right wall three times a day. Living,...

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“10-Millimeter Reflection” by Maddox Umholtz

Submitted to Contest #269

For the first time, the introspection paid its dividends, as the evening clouds slid, much like some butter in the heavens godly pan, radiating the crimson polish of the day’s contraction. In the opposing sky, the intangible black threatens its reveal. This threat usually would hasten Opie’s promenade, but his newfound enlightenment through divulging in long, drawn out, self-reporting, and armchair-esque philosophical thought has caused a longer-than-usual exploration. His pace along the street swayed and lurched, consistently inconsistent, ...

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Author bio

I'm Maddox, I'm a psychology student at Radford University and I enjoy writing in my free time.