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Neil Silverman

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2024

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Don't Mind Me

Submitted to Contest #318

Don’t Mind Me The neural bots that they implanted in my brain were starting to hurt. My delusions, hallucinations and psychotic visions were getting worse as they turned up the volume. I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know, I kept repeating again, and again. The torture was unyielding, treacherous, and overwhelming, as I lay strapped down to the exam table deep underground in the enemy's interrogation room. Their techniques were effective, and most people succumbed. But I was determined to endure the torture. I was determined to take it...

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100 years +-

Submitted to Contest #317

100 Years+- I awoke from my dream, or what I thought was a dream, to what I thought was going to be a normal day, if you could call any day in my life normal. I would eat my breakfast, take my medicine, complete my exercises, and get on with all my obligations. Then, I would help my wife get the kids to school and go to work as a firefighter at the local station in town. I rolled over and looked out of the window to see ugly cumulus clouds building in the eastern sky. My wife was not on the other side of the bed and something about the sk...

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The Magic Puzzle

The Magic Puzzle 2  It was 1965, and I was a young man looking for something to do while I waited for my wife and children to return home from visiting their friends in Florida. It was December and it was cold. I put on my coat, gloves, and hat and ventured to my car which was parked outside of my house. I was anxious to get something to do for the evening because my family would not return for a few days.  I got in the car and travelled towards town. It was not a long trip, but it began to snow harder than earlier that day. T...

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