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Mugabe Victor

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

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Submitted to Contest #104

“One, two, three, five…seven” my breath rattled as the cold pierced straight through my jacket, “What comes after seven?” “Whose idea was this?” the devil on my shoulder finally spoke up, “I could be in bed right now safely tacked beneath an army of blankets,” “Shut up,” I snared, fog bursting through my teeth. A tactic that had unfortunately failed me since my younger days. I did not have any friends since my graduation and I had only myself to blame. The long hours predicated to finishing assignments, the endless video games I tried so de...

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Nothing more beautiful than death

Submitted to Contest #81

Death, a construct of human imagination or the scientific halt to an organism's existence. One a fantasy, the other fact. Nothing can happen more beautiful than death, the words of Walt Whitman. I couldn't care less, I was leaving this cruel world and I was grateful. I just needed to get over with the pharse. Grow, feed, learn, marry, reproduce, die. My only regret was that I hadn't gone past learning. I could feel my mouth run dry in the moment, a vague coldness enveloping my chest as the smell of iron filled my nostrils. The corridor light...

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HIS HIGHNESS

“Leonard!” I bellowed before the shock raptured my throat with a barrage of coughs, “Leon…” The door opened, a short stubby figure stumbled in before crashing to the floor, “Yes your highness,” he stammered. “Leonard, how do you spell the word ASS?” “A-S-S, your highness,” “Really? They don’t make words as they used to these days, how about EXPLODE?”  “Your highness,” Leonard growled through his teeth, “I do not see how these words are related to your task,” “Well, how would you know? I am the one who has been suffering with this speech...

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