Patrick Boey

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2023

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“Blood Sacrifice” by Patrick Boey

Submitted to Contest #242

If you listen closely enough, you might just hear the faint whispering of the paintings when a new artwork arrives at The Gallery Diablerie. A stifled laugh here, a murmured rumour there—easy to attribute to any of the gallery’s wealthy clientele or dismiss as a passing echo or the squeak of a wooden floorboard. But when the lights are down and the visitors have departed, the paintings gossip freely amongst themselves, nudging their neighbours and visiting friends on the next landing; exchanging hearsay and dealing judgement; assessing the n...

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“For the Greater Good” by Patrick Boey

Submitted to Contest #240

“Forward! Onward! Take the bastard head on!” The struggling ship burst through the dark crest of a wave several masts high, then plunged in a downward heave. For a moment, gravity seemed to leave the Yggdrasil and the crew leaned backwards to prevent the great vessel from tipping over, and then the ship crashed upon the narrow wavelength, before it began to rise up towards the peak of the next monstrous wave.  The storm had endured three days and nights, each sunset threatening to bring more formidable towering waves, ceaseless in their...

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“The Everything” by Patrick Boey

Submitted to Contest #239

The Everything Crashing waves on a rocky beach. Abrasion. Chaos. The peculiar dream comes without warning and Edward swims his way through it, looking for the surface, vaguely aware that he isn’t real—or the world isn’t real, or something of the sort. When he blinks his eyes open to the glaring sun, he struggles to remember his name and his purpose. His stomach squirms and his head pounds, and afterimages of psychedelic fields flash across his retinas. He hardly remembers a thing from last night, only that he took far too much of somethi...

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Author bio

Patrick is an Asian-Australian author specialising in dark fantasy/sci-fi, cosmic horror, and magical realism. He has written two fantasy novels and a portfolio of short stories and poetry and is seeking representation for his YA fantasy series. Patrick looks forward to reading and engaging with everyone's fantastic work on Reedsy and sharing some of his own tales with the world.