Yusuf Adkins

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2024

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“Special Threads” by Yusuf Adkins

Submitted to Contest #269

Special Threads by Joshua Adkins  He combed his hair by executive fiat. The front succumbed to his will, being while the back portions curled in and out. Stylistic failure looming, he leisurely bend over tying his shoelaces leaving no room for error. He laboriously moved his melancholy the way of his lavatory.  He lived in penury and his poverty wore on his disposition. He was inversely popular to his whereabouts, and in the morning he slumped, while by the nighttime he was the significant example of posture. While slump...

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“Octopus” by Yusuf Adkins

Submitted to Contest #264

“Are you a groomsman?” “I’m not that important. We lost touch a little these past few years, but I’m not sure if I ever would have qualified to be a groomsman. We went to high school together. Now, one of his groomsmen, I was a groomsman at his wedding. So, it all evens out.” She smiles, then responds, “I probably already knew that answer. I’ve never heard you mentioned before.” “Well, I know when to judge a conversation by the stuff in it, not by its words. I think you just dissed me politely. I mean, I think you actually do like me.” “You’...

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Author bio

I am 35 years old. I live in Huntington, WV and have never been published. I have almost completed a novel and have around a dozen short stories completed.