Randomly Arbitrary

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2020

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“Waterloo” by Randomly Arbitrary

Submitted to Contest #105

NOTE: All neighing, whinnying, and braying had been dutifully rendered into English and French by the writer of this story, who had been acquainted with the following events by way of an animal medium who had advertised herself on Facebook, which is hard to believe but not quite as hard not to, and by way of a military historian, who had helped to add context to these eventful visions. The writer wishes to thank the twain for their assistance in preventing the passage of yet another failing mark for this particular assignment. ___ “Je v...

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“A_N_0_N” by Randomly Arbitrary

Submitted to Contest #102

WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF LYING TO PEOPLE WE VALUE PROFIT ABOVE ALL WE BUILD OVER THE DEAD AND TIRED I’ll never forget the day I saw those three lines for the first time in my entire pointless existence. Those three evil lines plastered onto the plain whitewashed wall, laughing maniacally at me and at the rest of the goddamned world – ominously looming over the furious swirling clouds, patiently waiting to be uttered unto hapless oblivion…            … To destroy life as we all know ...

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“I Married A Typewriter” by Randomly Arbitrary

It might sound really strange, but I have unknowingly gained the ability to traverse any kind of fictional world that was currently in existence. And I found out about it when I revisited my old oeuvre on the eve of my 21st birthday.  On that night in question, I carefully removed all four books from my private library (from the second row of panels in between Haruki Murakami and Jonathan Franzen) and set them down on my study table. Many sleepless nights and agonizing days spent / Creating heartfelt works bereft of shallow emoti...

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“Krasnosamarskoe, or How I Learned to Accept the Dark Truth of My Heritage” by Randomly Arbitrary

Submitted to Contest #70

I had a dog once. I had him when he was just a very small creature, not much different from myself at the time. ___ 16:00.  It was nearing the end of a rendition of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade conducted by Valery Gergiev of the Vienna Philharmonic. I sat there, quietly absorbed in my own thoughts amongst the other researchers in the cargo bay benches. After flying for about six or seven hours from Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersburg, the Mi-26’s rotor blades hovered above a convenient spot just a few meters away f...

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Author bio

TOSHIRO HIROSHI is an emerging author based in Iloilo City, Philippines. His work usually revolves around the subjects of social injustice, historical commentary, loss, loneliness, conspiracy, and surrealism inspired by authors such as Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Joseph Heller, George Orwell, and Haruki Murakami. He began writing at seventeen, and has since authored two novels and one short story collection (and counting). ---- BIBLIOGRAPHY 9-5: https://shopee.ph/product/258039406/11736940939?smtt=0.258040810-1642463282.9 Absolutely on the Pandemic: Conversations With A Rat: https://shopee.ph/product/258039406/11336926219?smtt=0.258040810-1642463312.9