Malcolm M

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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“wool of the ewe” by Malcolm M

Submitted to Contest #43

Living as a man had been stifling, like constantly trying to squeeze into a hole that wasn't meant to fit her in the first place. The inside of her head had been man up this and stop crying that, and a whole lot of what the fuck are you doing every time she had so much as thought about — well, gender. But living as a woman — or trying to, at least — is different. It's better, in a lot of ways, Jack tells herself. It still feels wrong, for lack of a better word, less "claw-at-your-skin" and more like a stone lodged in her throat, the ir...

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“skin of a wolf” by Malcolm M

Submitted to Contest #42

Trigger warning: This story contains discussions of domestic violence and sexual assault He first goes to therapy when he's twenty six, the quiet mutterings about how much he hated himself before he got raped -- how much more he hated himself after -- growing too loud to remain ignorable, too casual in conversation to avoid that stare that people give him when they heard him mutter it the first time. Once a week, he sits in an overstuffed armchair and spends an hour complaining to a lady with wiry glasses and thinning, grey hair, and her hid...

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