Mike Irving

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

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“Terminus Protocol” by Mike Irving

Submitted to Contest #243

Yanna refuses to believe she can’t fix her trajectory. A couple degrees, a nudge, would do it, but there’s nothing left to nudge with. She spent the pod’s propulsion getting herself pointed at the planet. It’s becoming uncomfortably hot in the escape pod; sweat salts the corners of her mouth and stings her eyes. The planet is a white semi-circle bouncing and whirling through burning atmosphere. As Yanna skips along like a stone on a pond, the slow, deadly decay of her entry is turning her pod into an oven. It’s going to take hours to burn up...

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“Sojourner and Bafook” by Mike Irving

Submitted to Contest #161

David Tuck Sixlegs looked over the gathered mass of his fellow silverfish with carefully hidden trepidation. His stomachs bumped against one another with their nervous fluttering. There had never been so many together in the open before, so exposed. His gaze kept flashing to the nearest places of safety – the cracks and gaps, along corners, beneath objects. Everyone else seemed to have left their furtive fear behind, protected by prophecy, by David’s presence. He was not so certain. Still, his people’s jubilance was infectious, and he all...

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“Eddie's Hearing Aids” by Mike Irving

Submitted to Contest #47

You leave the office with the after-work glow that always accompanies the end of the work day. There’s something of the magic of childhood in that feeling. That barely perceptible feeling of freedom and possibility. That’s what the sensation is, the feeling that anything is possible. It has vague echoes of believing in Santa, or the Easter Bunny. But it’s only a miniscule fraction of those old fe...

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