Matt Wallace

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2023

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“The Mechanic Remy LeRay” by Matt Wallace

Submitted to Contest #204

The Mechanic Remy LeRayRemy could smell the acrid smell of blast pistol fire. The silence that echoed off the tavern’s previously raucous interior was nearly deafening. A place like this should only be quiet when it’s closed. His pistol was lazily smoking in his tight grip, the rising smoke entrancing. For a moment, he thought the smell of burnt metal might be coming from a hole in his chest where the officer’s energy round had burned through. He was wrong of course because he felt his heart thudding in his chest and heard the ragged intake ...

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“Shut Up Buddy” by Matt Wallace

Submitted to Contest #186

           “You can’t always have it your way.”           “I am aware of this Buddy, but you know that I am always right.”           “And stop calling me Buddy, dammit! You know my name is Walter. Call me Walter. I’ve asked you a thousand times.”           “But they used to call you Buddy. Do people not give nicknames to othe...

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