Paul Vi

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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“A Strong Future” by Paul Vi

Submitted to Contest #276

Someone once said to me, "Why do you train so much? You look miserable lifting all those weights." My reply needed to be prefaced with some background context because the answer to that question would sound truly pessimistic without it. I needed them to understand that my answer came from a place of philosophical optimism and not pessimism. I told them that I build my body up at the gym because my body is the only thing I feel like I own in this world. It's the only constant in my life that I know will be with me forever until I die. My love...

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“The Bell Tower ” by Paul Vi

Submitted to Contest #274

As far back as I can remember, I have always felt different. I don't say that as something that I'm proud of. My mother was the first to point this out, and she described it almost as a disability. "That boy is not right in the head," she would say. "It's that damn Nintendo." Like most Mexican parents, they loved to blame any behavior issue on those damn Nintendos. Mental health problems are too unknown or too taboo to be discussed openly in the Mexican household. They say we reflect our parents' virtues, but it’s their failures that ma...

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“The Smiling Man” by Paul Vi

Submitted to Contest #258

Long before the instant gratification of digital photography, I used disposable cameras. Then, I would wait a week for the corner drugstore to develop the film so I could show it to my mom. I was nine years old, and my mom would buy those plastic Fuji cameras that came wrapped in a bright green cover. Those same cameras still hang on store shelves today.I know it was that specific brand because one day, my curiosity led me to remove the cover and open the camera. I wanted to see the internal parts. I was shocked to find out what was inside -...

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