Mark Edmonds

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2021

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“CHARLIE'S NOSEDIVE” by Mark Edmonds

Submitted to Contest #154

CHARLIE’S NOSEDIVEIn his younger days Charlie Schriver had been a solidly built guy. He had worked for many years in construction where his natural strength was an asset. In his youth he had been a skilful amateur football player. He eventually met and dated Sarah. They kept each other company for two years until they married and together, they had two children. He was a nice guy. He was hard working and supportive of others. Everyone loved him. Family life was good.A very unfortunate incident disrupted the life of their entire family when a...

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“WHEN JEREMY FLEW TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN” by Mark Edmonds

Submitted to Contest #151

WHEN JEREMY FLEW TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN Jeremy was born into a fabulously wealthy family. His father, Kenneth, had leveraged his newspaper publishing inheritance into the dominant publishing and television empire in the country. He was a brute.Brutality ran in the family. Jeremy’s grandfather had also been a brute to his son and that was how Kenneth understood bringing up a son should be done. Jeremy’s life eventually became a bizarre spectacle of a son battling to win his father’s love and respect. It was an ordeal on show for all the wo...

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“Chinese Tea Story” by Mark Edmonds

Submitted to Contest #128

Krystal Chung was a beautiful woman of clearly Chinese appearance. She had an oval goose-egg face, high forehead, long delicate eyebrows, a flat nose with a pale tip, and a mouth like a cherry with a cupid’s bow upper lip. At the time of their initial introduction, Arthur and Krystal were both single, unattached and feeling unloved. Their relationship had blossomed naturally over a mutual appreciation of the finer aspects of Chinese tea and a love of Chinese fish cuisine and fermented bean juice. Arthur had been incrementally spending...

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