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Matthew Parker

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2022

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Crime Does Pay

"I never liked these kinds of meetings," Drake said. Drake, a member of the city guard, had found himself in a precarious situation. It was a humid summer night tonight, and Drake's sweat was starting to stick to his standard issue armor. His black hair had become mottled and no doubt he was starting to look like he ran laps around the barracks like he did the first day he joined the city guard. And the fog filling the city streets only continued to add to the ominous atmosphere.This wasn't how his life wasn't supposed to turn out. He didn't...

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#instaregret

Submitted to Contest #144

I wish I never sent a post out the first time. It was the most stupid idea I ever had, but my friends begged me to get on Instagram and share my story to the world. "It'll be fine Mark!" they told me. "It isn't that bad!" They told me. They lied. With their venomous words, they flipped my life upside down. At first it was nothing but a couple of posts of my cat or new video games I purchased. But then, someone replied to one of my posts. I should have ignored it, you know. My parents told me never to talk to strangers, especially on the inte...

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Snap

Submitted to Contest #144

Warning: This short story contains graphic imagery, suicide, death, and elements of gore. Please note that the setting of the story is completely fictional and any or all connections to any real world locations or events are completely coincidental. *SNAP* "Ah, come on!" Ralph exclaimed as he tried to shake the photo to develop. "What wrong now?" I asked in a nuanced tone. "What wrong now? What's wrong now is that you bought this crap camera when a phone would suffice!" I clearly knew what he was truly frustrated at, and that was the ve...

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