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Paul Tyree

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2024

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To Admit A Wrong Done

Paul Tyree

To admit a wrong done no matter where it was done or when it was done or last the why. Yes, the why always surfaces when you are least prepared for it and it does not have to be the reason behind it. But it's there and then that you realize too much has been spoken and it was done out of anger or before your thoughts in your mind were then spoken and the damage has been done. The wrong can be anything it wishes to be, and it takes no prisoners, nor does it allow us to be the victim. the only way to resolve the wrong and save face if this is ...

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Fear of Flying Solo

Paul Tyree

This is the story of a man who was afraid of nothing. Nothing at all except the fear of flying, and more so flying solo. He went to apply for the lessons, went to pay the fee and even planned the dates to take the classes and lessons when he was off from work. There was only one problem. It stemmed from a childhood experience that left his filled with fear like having stage fright on opening night of the school play. He was out with his uncle, learning to fly and suddenly while they were looping and doing twist and sharp turns, his uncle had...

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Strange Ways on Stranger Days

Paul Tyree

"Can you imagine what life would be like if the humans were more like a dying breed and were on the endangered list of things that were about to become extinct?" It was never a matter of why or even when, it was more so that gut feeling that would turn your stomach into mush and filled with knots. It is one that I can never understand or truly know since I have only been alive for maybe four years, if that. I was not born like a human being, and I have no idea how to think or feel, much less know anything like a human. I, at first, had to al...

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The Moment of Truth

Paul Tyree

I was jealous of your newfound fortune and fame. Especially the fame part as you were nowhere before then you appeared magically like a rabbit being pulled out of a magician's top hat. You arrived on the scene and was planning on only being there for a short while or a hot minute. Then your plans changed with one word, "Money". You turned from shy and quiet, to loud, obnoxious and proud, where you started to see dollar signs and you were hooked. You found the attention to be a breath of fresh air. You were reeled in like a rewinded video cas...

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Dreams Fulfilled by Others

Paul Tyree

The morning of the show started off as the other days had yet this one was slightly different, I was still not able to put my finger on it and that bothered me somewhat. I was the one who was a more behind the scenes person, never allowing my feelings to become involved with my mixed emotions and letting others ruin it for me. I was just another face behind the curtain that would maybe get my name in lights, to be the star for once. Then this morning started with a mistake made when I purchased my coffee, with a twist. It had two sugars in i...

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To Never feel You Really Belong

Paul Tyree

To live in a world where you know you are, yet you know you are not. To have many friends that never actually met you or even know you exist. The ones who make you feel a part of something from a distance, and you sulk at the idea of even going to hang with them because you know you are not their friend, and you never will be. To never belong to any group or cliche, to never know where you stand with most, and they will talk about you as soon as you leave the room. The harsh whispers, the glares and stares of their beady eyes following you a...

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They came at 3:00

Paul Tyree

This tale of tales. This legend of legends. This mystery of mysteries. It is believed that the moment things start to happen, there is always someone or something involved with the moment going either way. It leads to either fortune or misfortune. Kind of like the optimist who believes the glass is half full, while the pessimist believes the glass is half empty. This is such as one can imagine, after watching all such coming out of Hollywood. It seems Holly Wood was no more alive and able to foretell the future, than any soothsayer or fortun...

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When the World had Amnesia

Paul Tyree

Oh, when the world lost its way and the days seem to linger on forever. While the world was sleeping, the thoughts of dreams yet to come and be part of their sleep lay dormant, waiting for the signal to awake and invade the mind. When the world was looking for a way out and they never knew what it was they were escaping from, yet they kept running and panicking because they were mentally told to so. When the loud crashes and loud booms alerted all of this invasion that was no more real, than the radio program, "War of the Worlds", were all w...

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The Report of Murder

Paul Tyree

Submitted to Contest #317

This is the story of a report that was never to actually be seen. It was the account of all that happened on a rainy day in August. This is how the story will be shared with those who were able to dig it up and the horror involved in what they read. August 5th, 2102 8:26pm questioning suspects in the libraryA mansion at the edge of town where the murder took place at and trying to piece together the various clues and evidence presented by the detectives and police officers. As told by most who were present and accounted for, it was more than...

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Behind the Mask is a Hero

Paul Tyree

My name is Truth. I was named that for some obvious reasons that even I am only learning now. I want to share my story yet I am not sure you are wanting to hear my story be told. As usual as most believe, I was born in a galaxy that was so far away, it was in another universe filled with justice seekers and justice dwellers. It was filled with ones who abhorred anything that opposed the truth. It was given its name by the one who had originally created it, so there was only the records or recorded materials revealed in the great room of read...

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One Question and One Response

Paul Tyree

If they were to ask, "Can you keep a secret?" And you replied with "My lips are sealed." "How would you know what the secret was that you were asked to keep and why was it necessary to keep such a secret as this?" Some secrets are best not kept depending on who would want you to keep a secret and why this person confronts you to keep their secret. It may be best to first find out if the secret they wish for you to keep is actually a secret that is best never known or spoken of before you rapidly say, "My lips are sealed." It is possible that...

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Hidden in the Whispers

Paul Tyree

The words cut like a knife and were just as sharp. They made most of those who heard them cover their ears and try to ignore them. It was the worst way to say what needed to be said and yet it caused some to become angry and shrug it off only it would never go away or be easily forgotten. Then after the words, came the rumors and gossip. It was small sentences at first, only getting longer and louder. It was then that as the whispers began to shout and yell, turning into screams, bullying and threats. Always the damn threats, as though they ...

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Thirteen

Paul Tyree

"How many times had the moment been there, presenting itself as though it would otherwise be sent to die without hearing from itself in its own defense?" The lady of the morning was an exceptionally beautiful woman, who was filled with laughter heard during the ritual of going down to the lake for a swim. It was at each of these moments that he was able to find the courage to reach out and at least introduce himself to her. Barry was never so sure of his own confidence, that as he was proceeding forward, was aware that she would swim in the ...

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The Calm before the Dawn

Paul Tyree

The calm before the storm, in its own way can be more deafening than a loud bang or a thunderous boom. It is the waiting for that which will appear and rise over the horizon, while we wait during the black of night, around midnight and before the first light of dawn. It can be the cause of our anxiety, the cause of our panic, the cause of our meltdown that leads us into a tirade of anger and madness. It is waiting for the unknown which can lead one to hastily make rash decisions and to cause one to miscalculate the strike of fear in the enem...

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The Kane of Thriving

Paul Tyree

Most would say this creature was mistaken for Superman in its identity and in its actual true form. It could be described in many forms and in various fashions, yet it would be left to the imagination about what it was really considered. "How then would you describe it as it was meant to be identified, or looked upon as being, whether it is human or other?" Who knows its origins or what its true purpose was to be or to become as it kept more to itself and did not let on with introductions or wanting unnecessary attention brought to it. It wa...

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