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Christian McCul!och

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2019

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UNLIKELY LOVE

'Unlikely Love' by Christian McCulloch (Short story: 5,176 words) We hear Brook Benton's, 'Rainy Night In Georgia', as the House lights fade - pass the popcorn, Momma - get comfy. 'SMOKEY'S SANDBAR' It's the sign above the bottles, the optics and the fly-spattered mirror. A big man, rolled up shirt sleeves with a bib apron is polishing glasses, rinsing them with a dry cloth. He must be Smokey. He holds one up to the light, breaths heavy on a smudge, then rinses some more. Four men are talking at the elbow of the counter, or rather, three an...

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With A Little Help From My Friends

Submitted to Contest #4

'With A Little Help From My Friends' by Christian McCulloch (1,812 words) Alice wished me, Good morning and I wished her, Good morning back. 'May I ask you, Dr Tommy,' she said, 'why you told our distinguished visitors that we're light years away from pure Artificial Intelligence when I'm a perfect example of your breakthrough?' I told her it was complicated. It is complicated. It's not as if it's too complicated for her to understand. Goodness knows, she passed me on the intelligence scale months and months ago. It's just that I can't summo...

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