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Paul Tyree

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2024

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And They all were There

Paul Tyree

So, this is the story of several outlandish style creatures or those who had to hide themselves from sight or had to keep their other identities a secret from the modern world in more ways than one. The monsters of the fright night table were as follows. You have a werewolf, a vampire, a mummy, a ghost, a boogieman, a creature from the black lagoon, a dinosaur, and a wizardlock. The last is a cross between a wizard and a warlock, both as evil as one can be alone, but both merged together it can be double deadly. The other creatures or ghouls...

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Your Past is Meant to Haunt You

Paul Tyree

So how the words, "it was a dark and stormy night", along with "skeletons in your closet" and then adding, "digging up the past, all sounds suspicious at best. They are phrases that may cause you to look guilty. If this is meant to frighten you or make you afraid to step out of the house in broad daylight, then if you are guilty, and I am not saying you are, but as Columbo would, uh sir/ma'am I have just one more question to ask, then you are truly suspect and possibly guilty of that and who knows what else. Family Histories are part of what...

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Nostradamus Fallacies

Paul Tyree

To be or not to be. "The question was what?" Let's see if we can figure out what was meant by this saying and go from there. Then if we can figure it out and find the answer that was meant to be mentioned, then maybe the question behind life itself will be clearer than the sunshine morning removing the blinding fog. It seems that when we only stop and figure out life in a more basic way, not allow ourselves to become a follower of the next big thing, then we will realize we are smarter than we give ourselves credit for. For one to predict or...

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The Day the World was Gone

Paul Tyree

The day started off like any other day. The moment was beginning to show signs of the past that arrived at the very minute the news was announced that Dr Highend spoke of the end of all things that were presently happening would cease to exist and poof it would be all gone. The moments were filled dread and sadness, as the millions who saw the news cast were shocked at such a prediction. It was like someone who predicted the future, and it actually coming true. It was like someone was able to foresee the future and able to predict it as thou...

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I Remember then I Forget

Paul Tyree

I wake up in the morning and proceed to look in the mirror, seeing the other person, who is a reflection of me. It is kind of spooky at the idea of someone looking back at you, who mimics your every gesture, every move, everything you say or do. I see the person who looks like me yet the idea of this person who is just like, being just like me, who is in fact me. This person allows me the opportunity to either admit or deny yet will only place the blame on me as I am the one at fault. I sulk over, dwell on, mull over the idea of the person l...

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OH No Garland!!!!

Paul Tyree

Yep, this is another solemn story about a cat caught up in a tree, but it was never intending to come back down. The cat named after the family's last name, was part of a litter of kittens that made Garland the runt of the bunch. Garland was so independent and so carefree, that the last thing running, or on Garland's mind was to make his way up the tree, without thinking about how to then get back down. It was this one morning that grandmother was out trying to find a stray dog or cat to take home with her, even though she was no longer livi...

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The Cat Was Out and Was Dragged In

Paul Tyree

"Who let the cat out of the bag?" "Who let the cat be dragged in only to be let out?" "Who thought the cat was to have this done and was ok with using a perfectly good cat, instead of a dog?" "Who lets it out of the bag that it was caught in before, then let it be let out, then dragged to who knows where?" These and other questions were playing in my mind, paying a part on my mind that may or may not be allowed to be asked when they want us to testify and ask the questions at the trial for the death of an alley cat, Tom Ficker. Yes, the cat ...

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The Cat Jumped Out of the Pumpkin

Paul Tyree

Oh, the cat was tired of being inside the pumpkin that had made its life a miserable hell, since it was first on the scene, thirty-one days before his Halloween. Damn Jack-o-lantern had been its own worst enemy since it was given the free will to become whatever it wanted to be, unless being Jill-o-lantern was a choice. Sitting on the front porch stoop was not a choice it wanted to make in the first place. It was not happy with the Mr. & Mrs. Plump Potato Head twins, not happy with the outcome of Jack the Frost being so frigid and cold, ...

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The Outcome Terminal

Paul Tyree

The day was one that would start out as any other day. During the summer, the sunshine would be its brightest and the day would be hot but not too hot. The wind would be blowing either east to west or west to east and sometimes the breezes blown would be strong but not too strong. The whispers of the voices that were part of the scheme of things would make it seem as though you were hearing voices like the imaginary ones that you imagined you heard in your head. Way down deep you knew that they never existed. The mind games played by all wer...

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The Madness of Silence

Paul Tyree

The distant loud laughter was heard throughout the halls and rooms of the old Victorian, which had seen better days in its own triumph and glory of yesteryear. It had once seen much action and had been the heartbeat of parties and gatherings that were the talk of the town. Being the center of attention had its own good and bad days that were the pinnacle of rumors and gossip, spread like wildfire and made to be more than they actually were in truth. It was the days when an insane asylum was the place for experiments and for torture that was ...

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Oh What May be Around the Next Corner

Paul Tyree

The pitch-black darkness has no lights to shine and help you see what is in the corners and in the closets, or behind the doors or under the bed. You turn your head to the left and then to the right. You begin to sweat and feel the hair on your arms and the back of your neck stand straight up. You feel for some way to find a lantern or some source of light that will allow you to see. The thoughts of all the horror movies come to mind as you are feeling uneasy and a little sick to your stomach, nervous and anxious, afraid that the next move y...

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Leaving This Differently Than It Was Found

Paul Tyree

To find something in a location not known to hold things in its grasp then you notice it is not the same room or the same floor and the sun is rising instead setting. You reach for the items left on the bed and pick through them slowly, seeing if you can find some clothes to try on and wear. This is not how you imagined your vacation ever being. You had heard rumors of crime and injustice not only walking hand in hand but the best of buddies. You find a pair of pants that look too short in length and too tight in the waist. You find a shirt ...

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Ever Felt Like You were the Only One

Paul Tyree

"Ever felt as though you were the only one who saw something, or you noticed something, that no one else saw or noticed?" "Hey, happens to the best of us and makes me wonder when this happens, was what I saw only meant to be seen by me?" We look at the person staring back at us in the mirror, catch a glimpse of the present or possibly our own future, not sure what to make out about the whole picture we see. It can be unnerving when we catch a passing glance into that which is considered untouchable. "Do you ever catch yourself talking in ful...

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The Cool Morning Breezes Brushing My Cheeks

Paul Tyree

The cool breezes that are felt as the wind blows and is not too cold or too harsh. A chill makes goosebumps appear on my arms. I stand there in amazement. I am feeling nostalgic over the memories flooding my morning thoughts and taking back to my childhood. I am transferred back to the fall mornings, standing at the bus stop waiting to be picked up for school. "How is it that one moment can take you back to a place where you were happiest and feeling alive and free?" With the memories, you are placed in a time and place that you smile, becau...

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To be in Uncharted Waters and Afraid

Paul Tyree

To boldly go where others may have attempted to go yet they failed when they tried, but they at least tried. To venture out in a desert wasteland and see the potential of the future and the way it could look when you decided to try and take a chance. To explore and reach out into the darkness of space, when you feel there is many unknown things that have yet to be seen or heard out in space. With the vast open spaces that are part of well nurtured and well-oiled machine. To make your way into naive land masses that are inhabited by who knows...

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