Max Pardoe

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

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“Considered for Carnage” by Max Pardoe

Bill Cutley, or as his friends called him, Dick, was just beginning to light his evening cigarette. Success doesn’t come without having a few vices. Mr. Cutley had more than a few, but when you’re in as successful as Mr. Cutley, people tend to replicate your habits rather than critique them. This was fine for Mr. Cutley. In earnest, he didn’t have time to conflate the egos of his employees or haggle with their representation. Movie making was his business, and focusing on anything other than the bottom line costs men like Mr. Cutley their jo...

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“The Man who Saved the World” by Max Pardoe

Submitted to Contest #80

He awoke in a cold sweat. Each night seems to be broken into periods of sleep and contemplation. He thought age diminished memory; yet, night after night was riddled with the sirens. Friends, books, television all seemed to go with the turmoil of countless years full of hard labor, but that day will stay him until his final breath. This night, Vasili stubbornly thought he could just return to the hard pillow he called his home, but his mind had other intentions. He swam in the pool of recollection, constantly fighting the riptide of Octo...

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I enjoy righting alot.