Sydney Bingham

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

Stories (7)

7 Stories

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“A Billionaire's Guide to Space Travel” by Sydney Bingham

Submitted to Contest #105

The world spins like a top, my dad had told me. Jeff Zebos was the point, and we were the surface he scratched to keep spinning.But who could blame him? I spent my twenties on a hand-me-down sofa scratching my balls, watching my life fade into a cloud of thick, sticky smoke. The years dripped from the tip of my joint like the clocks in a Dali painting until, at the ripe age of 33, l found myself pulling on a familiar dust-colored jumpsuit under a sky of fluorescent lights, ready to greet the day with as much enthusiasm a...

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“In Search of a New Life” by Sydney Bingham

Submitted to Contest #74

The countdown started with a booming voice that flooded the shuttle’s deck.“10…” My teeth were chattering. My bones were vibrating as the engine growled beneath our feet. It was loud. Too loud. I wanted to scream, but there was nowhere for the sound to go before it dissolved into nothing - the same way that I would, like so many had before me. “9…”There were a hundred of us altogether, bound for a new chapter on a new planet. Bound to our seats by plastic ha...

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“FutureBound” by Sydney Bingham

Submitted to Contest #57

I’d die in 2023 in a car accident, the letter said. The last thing I’d see is a pair of headlights crashing through my windshield, shoving me from this world to the next in a shower of blood and broken glass. Congratulations! Your application to participate in-- “Malena, did you get the mail?” Adam’s muffled voice yelled from another room after the screen door slammed shut behind me.    ...

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“Second Chances, Sponsored by Budweiser” by Sydney Bingham

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #54

“Annnnnnd,” Tr8z, the smooth-talking announcer with the high-shine platinum pompadour let the words linger until the electricity in the room grew thick enough to make our hair stand on end. “....It looks like Dy&n has struck out again! Unlucky in love and on Second Chances.” The camera panned over and zoomed in on Dy&n, whose wrinkled leather lips shook with heartbreak. “I need to try again. Ple...

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“The Abduction of Margaret Rose” by Sydney Bingham

Submitted to Contest #36

Dear Diary, I can’t sleep. A masked man keeps tapping on my window, and he’s keeping me awake. Every time I close my eyes, he starts up again. Tap, tap, tap. The doctors told me to ignore people like him - the ones who don’t make sense. They say they’re all in my head, but I still can’t sleep. He’s wearing one of those full-faced ski masks that bank robbers wear in old movies, and all I can see are his eyes. I can’t pick out the color from here, but they’re wrinkled at the edges, and they’re staring at me through the glass.<...

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“The Home Run” by Sydney Bingham

Submitted to Contest #35

“Joseph,” my mom said, irritated, like she always was these days. She shook her head and bit her tongue. “Just,” she sighed, “go play outside or something. I can’t do this with you right now.”By this, she meant my homework. My teacher, Mr. Ryan, had assign...

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“The Haircut” by Sydney Bingham

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #33

Well . . . it’s short, I thought as I stared at my reflection in the mirror. I ran my fingers through the surviving strands while their siblings lay limp on the floor at my feet. I didn’t want to admit that I’d made a mistake, so I told myself that I’d get used to it . . . that it was time for a change, anyway . . . that even though I wasn’t a hairstylist, per se, I hadn’t fucked it up too badly, considering I was holding a pair of child-safe scissors - the kind with the r...

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Shortlisted 2 stories ⭐️

Contest #54
Second Chances, Sponsored by Budweiser – read story
Contest #33
The Haircut – read story