Michael West

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2021

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“Spoon Bottom” by Michael West

The bonds are secure, but not uncomfortable. The server hasn't tied the ribbons too tight this time. Regular attendance has its perks. Truth be told, too much freedom will make dining unpleasant. The upside is when your dining companion is also held in place, you must rely on conversation to carry the encounter, rather than gestures or postures. Her dining partner seems happy with his ribbons, having chosen purple, the least abrasive. Even with his chest, neck, and head immobilized, he looks relaxed, his breathing steady, his eyes shining....

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“Storm Story” by Michael West

Submitted to Contest #92

Through the window, a thin, silver vein outlines the distant trees. Hovering above it is a blackness. Below, the trees shake from time to time because of the wind, or maybe fear? Noah hears a muted sound, like the rumbling of an angry train, as he sits in the living room of his Grandfather’s lake home, 23.4 miles West of Bemidji, Minnesota. On the TV screen is The Weather Channel. A tallish, busty woman is tracking the oncoming storm using an old-fashioned pointer, wooden with a black rubber tip. Noah loves the pointer. He thinks, “The poi...

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