Wayne Brandenburg

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2024

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“Escape Measures” by Wayne Brandenburg

Submitted to Contest #280

“Will you keep me safe?” her tiny voice echoed from the past.He flinched back from the memory and stared through the portal at the stars. Somewhere out there was Earth and everything he was escaping. He activated the external window shield.The solar system’s largest planet loomed in the void, a massive sphere of swirling gases. Its colossal red spot churned, a storm larger than the entirety of Earth. Amidst this chaos, a tiny metallic glint flashed above the swirling tempest.SPACESHIP: GodwinCLASS: Ibis Class HeavyMISSION: Jupiter Exploratio...

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“The Unbonded” by Wayne Brandenburg

Submitted to Contest #279

He occupied a socially acceptable amount of space on the sidewalk of the urban greenspace. The crowd moved around him like a stream flowing around a stone, each absorbed in their own world. He caught snippets of one-sided conversations: a businessman chuckled at a joke, a woman kissed the empty air beside her, and a little girl holding her mother’s hand spoke to thin air, “Well, mom doesn't fucking care if I call her April.” Eli watched as every single person was engaged in a dialogue with someone only they could see. Each wore augmented rea...

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