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Marty Martinez

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2025

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I’m not sure when I started hating school. Maybe it was in the ninth grade, the year I met Ms. Smith—my English and History teacher. She hated me. I’m almost certain she said it once, right after I drove her to the edge of sanity.I remember the day. She’d assigned Romeo and Juliet, and I couldn’t wrap my head around why those two idiots killed themselves. I mean, seriously—more fish in the sea, right? That’s what my dad always says. What made Juliet so special that Romeo had to off himself?Ms. Smith ignored all my commentary in class. Then s...

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The Spark, the Flame, and the Silence

Submitted to Contest #311

I remember the first scream. A sharp wail of neither pain nor distress but an intense, high-pitched scream of startled awareness.I remember the suspense of not knowing—the uncertainty of whether everything was alright or terribly wrong. In those seconds, I forgot the pain in my lower abdomen, the stiffness of my back, the tingling in my thighs. I tried to sit up, eager for a glimpse of what I had made.I remember the moment I saw his eyes—bright slits of curious light—the unshaped promise flickering in his gaze.I knew I could never control or...

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