Max Wightwick

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2024

Stories (3)

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“The Chase” by Max Wightwick

Submitted to Contest #267

The ChaseSadness had always aspired to be as content as his brother - Happiness - so much so, in fact, that he envied the brutal severance rifting them apart. Alas, as with most aspirations, Sadness befell the usual disappointment of our meandering pursuit for something grander than what we have abreast. From when dawn first scintillated across the grassy verdure, Sadness awoke to a rheum encrusted around his whole aurora. When the sun guttered its candlelit flames atop the horizon, Sadness slumbered in turmoil of his irreversible reality. H...

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“The Nine of Diamonds” by Max Wightwick

Submitted to Contest #267

The Nine of Diamonds“Atlas had always suffered from chronic sadness,” spoke his mother, in earnest commiseration for whom she had, and would forevermore love, “and if…I had but been a better mother, I could...have…steered him away from all those corruptive, addictive drugs that so doomed Atlas,” blaming herself for no reason save sickly heartache. She paused to observe the benign faces in her funebrial milieu, which her distraught mind hallucinated her into bethinking to be menacing, leering, and despiteful. Her tristesse beset her to parano...

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“The Art of Being Fickle” by Max Wightwick

Submitted to Contest #266

When Charles was a wee boy, in the midst of his youthful glory, he swore that naught would waylay him from achieving his paramount goal: being a fluent, recondite, whimsical, and comedical writer. “NO,” exclaimed John, after having his mind, body, soul, and - acutest of all - wrist ossified upon the weaving woes of wavering for hours. “No, Charles is such a common, hackneyed name. My protagonist must be elegant, suave though not pompous, and relatable.” In a trice, a miracle twinkled upon his derelict page where inked those insipid words, “A...

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Author bio

Literature and writing has always been a passion of mine. In September of this year, my first collection of short stories, called a Bigot's Guide to Salvation, was published. My actual occupation is working as a video editor, at a small company, by the name of SEEEN. My aspirational dream would be to combine both film and writing, so become a director, script writer, or something along those lines.