Martin Mendoza

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021

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“Jim and Alim” by Martin Mendoza

Submitted to Contest #96

“And how many nights will you be staying?”Jim hadn’t thought of that yet – he had lost the habit of planning every leg of his journey and preferred to play it by ear. If he liked a place, he would stay longer, if he did not, he would move on quickly. But he would always attempt to give it at least two nights. That was, in his mind, the minimum amount of time required to judge a place properly. This beach town, although not particularly different from other ones he had visited in Peru, had quite a positive vibe to it, and was close to a large...

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“Gagarin Meets Veles” by Martin Mendoza

Submitted to Contest #87

Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin was surrounded by complete darkness. Slowly, he started noticing millions of tiny flames appear around him, although he had a feeling that those flames had already been there for a long time. They seemed familiar, and in an instant, he realized that they were stars. It seemed to him that the instant had lasted just short of an eternity, time during which the cosmonaut was trying to remember who he was and what he was doing. Before he could finish, however, he witnessed a very bizarre sight – right in front of him, ab...

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“Cajamarca” by Martin Mendoza

Submitted to Contest #85

TW: violence, warfare, colonialism It had been a long night for Jim Calloway. He had trouble sleeping on buses in general, but the television above him playing movies late into the night didn't help. The constant turns and twists of the road also made his stomach a bit queasy and he barely managed to keep down his dinner. As soon as he got off the bus, his head began to hurt, his eyes felt dry, and he was a little short of breath, despite his general athleticism. In contrast to him, his travel partner and new friend, Alim, seemed completely ...

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