Matthew Keoki Miller

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2023

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“Let No One Cut Him Down” by Matthew Keoki Miller

Submitted to Contest #204

It was a quarter past high noon in the desert mining town of Absolon. The townsfolk shuffled between stores or loitered on decks, desperate for any remedy to fight the punishing heat. Sweat and misery fogged their thoughts. Even the best vices made no difference. The hanging corpse in the middle of the town square didn’t help. The heat rendered a new odor from the body akin to boiled asparagus. Despite the absence of wind, the stench managed to personally introduce itself to everyone within a mile. The dead man’s skin sagged, his fin...

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“The Tiger, The Leopard, The Rabbit” by Matthew Keoki Miller

Submitted to Contest #201

Hyun-Joo gnashed on her left fingernails, a nervous tick her mother had tried to beat out of her, when the teapot whistled in readiness. She slid across the linoleum to the stovetop in two strides and clicked off the gas. When she was a teenager, that sense of motion, the unbalance, and the chance she might slip and crack her head open on an edge, were irresistible. Her day-to-day life had been so crushingly uneventful that she savored these fleeting rushes. Now, she only sought one thrill. She lifted the pot and tipped the hot water into ...

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