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McKenzie Vincent

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2025

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Sideswipe

There is one F-Bomb towards the end. This is your only warning. Ken stood on the pier, overlooking the ocean. His hair, the color of dust, was swaying softly in the salty air. 'This would do nicely', he thought. He leaned on the creaking wood railing, the paint flaking to reveal other colors below. The cool breeze gave his leather jacket a tug, making him draw it closer. Taking one last look, he disappeared in a puff of ashy smoke. Miles away just outside a darkness swathed Police department impound. Crouching beside the chainlink fence, ...

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Fine and

Gage cruised under the single stop light, and quickly left the sparse cluster of buildings cloistered around the lone sentinel. The guardian against chaos blinked yellow and finally red in his rearview before vanishing altogether around a bend. Then his phone vibrated in the passenger seat, where he’d tossed it with the rest of the merchandise from the hardware store with the extremely cute manager, Jason. Hopefully that’s him. Gage gingerly picked up the phone, maintaining his attention to the road and brought it in view for a glance. There...

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Bio-Shock

Weekly Contest #343

Staring out the car window, I watched the trees blur by as we made our way through a more dense part of the woods. Myself, and two others were in a car on our way back to a camp we worked at. Jared was driving, and Korrey sat in the passenger seat in front of me. I was alone in the back seat, just how I liked it. The throbbing bass from my headphones as Excision blared made the trip more bearable. I'd been friends with Jared for a few years but only met Korrey just last year. I don't know when our "friendship" changed, but since Jared showed...

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Dandy

Weekly Contest #342

Jason took the hammer out of his cart and slotted it back on the rack. The itch under his shoulderblade came back. He contorted his arm under the bright red vest to reach it. Getting distracted by how satisfying it was to reach it, he missed someone approaching from behind.“Could you help me?” A gruff voice startled Jason. In panicked embarrassment, he nearly ripped his vest as he tried to right himself.“Yes! what can I do for…?” He came face to face with the most attractive man he’d ever seen. “You. Sorry. I was just.” Jason nearly choked o...

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Alpha

Weekly Contest #335

Alpha stared at the boy across from him and they locked eyes. “Rook to H-7”. The other boy moved the rook and captured Alpha’s pawn. Having already lost the rook that’s usually there he was wide open, but Alpha was better at other things than chess.“Pawn to G-6.” The other boy smirked at Alpha’s move.“Rook to F-6. Checkmate.” The boy said with a cruel grin on his face. Alpha however looked bored.“You were supposed to teach me Chess, not attempt to make me look dumb.” He lazily produced an odd looking machine with a bulbous body and a dish at...

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Under The Ice

Weekly Contest #331

Greg looked out the station's only almost floor to ceiling, triple paned, window at the barren and windswept arctic landscape. Snowdrifts the size of apartment buildings cast long shadows across the glaring white of a dead continent. Holding a steaming mug of coffee, he took a sip and immediately made a face. "This shit still tastes just as bad as when we first got here two years ago." He set it down on a nearby countertop. The mug read DARPA and the fact his wife gave it to him to keep her in mind was the only reason he had coffee today. Wi...

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Hero of Haven

Weekly Contest #323

Winter gazed down at the city spread out before her. Comforting bronze light stretched from one end of the crescent valley to the other. The mountains flanked the city like stalwart snowladen sentinels. One of the features that kept the city safe for as long as the generations of story-tellers can recall. The other is Winter’s job. Grand Warden. She thumbed a copper piece as she took in the inviting warm glow of the city before heading in to prepare for the ritual. It had become a ritual of itself. At least that's how her mentor had spoken o...

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Four after Midnight

Weekly Contest #315

A cool breeze washed over my face as I stared out at the glittering city lights. The moon hung in the sky, casting deep shadows and daylight in stark contrast across the horizon. I forced myself not to look at the time, having been out here since moonrise it had to be sometime around midnight, if not already past. I fished binoculars out of my neatly packed rucksack, and brought them up to focus on the top of the nearby residential building. The wide open space was neatly organized with a frosted glass enclosure in the center. The relatively...

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Everything in Time

Weekly Contest #313

Pushing hard against the door's push bar, I threw my back into one last heave and the rusty slab of metal finally gave. The door swung wide with a horrendous shriek. I stumbled out into the alleyway, nearly dumbing the load of trash I was carrying over my shoulder. Rotting trash lined the building as if the various metal bins strewn around haphazardly were mere decaying decorations. I deposited my disgusting package in one of the dumpsters towards the front of the alley next to the street. My sudden exit barely registered the temperature dif...

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