Matthew Blackburn

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

Stories (3)

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“Cat's Eye Soup for the Human Soul” by Matthew Blackburn

Submitted to Contest #91

I have never had a real friend before, I guess that's why I spent most of my childhood inside of the library. It was there that I first learned my love for books. No matter what I went through in life be it the bullies at school, the teachers saying that I “wasn't applying myself enough”, or my parents who just frankly didn't care one way or another that I was around with a good book could I could take all of that negativity, and lose it in a magnificent story.It wasn't just the books that drew me there though. It was the smell, the quiet, t...

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“Harold's Park” by Matthew Blackburn

Submitted to Contest #49

The sun raised itself up to shine down on the city making the shadows move from the buildings in a way that almost made the structures rise up from the ground. The oranges, reds, yellows, and blues mixed together, and reflected off of the windows, and metallic objects throughout the city giving it an almost magical glow. It was early enough for the streets to be partially quiet, and the buzz of the early morning work day hadn't come into full swing just yet. This made the surroundings mysterious, and peaceful, and all of this combined is wha...

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“The Sinking Ship” by Matthew Blackburn

Submitted to Contest #46

“All hands!” Came the muffled voices of men I had never heard before. Suddenly there was a jolt as though the world was tipping over, and everything was falling off of it including me. I rolled out of the small cot that I was laying on, and landed on my back on a wet, wood plank floor.“Where am I?” I asked as I picked myself up off of the floor. It was dark in the room that I was in, but a small hole in the wall by the cot I had been apparently sleeping in gave enough light for me to fumble around to find a set of stairs. With no where else ...

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Author bio

I have been writing for just a few years now. I have been working on a three book series The Keepers of Balance. Two of the three (The Keepers: The Light and the Darkness, and The Keepers: The Shadow of Darkness) are published on Amazon and I have run out of steam for the third (The Keepers: Into the Light). Thats when I found this site and these writing contests which I am absolutely enjoying and hope helps me to become a better writer and maybe give me a few ideas.