Brent Edwards

Joined February 2021

6 stories

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Brent Edwards is a writer and poet living the same day over and over again.

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Heat
Heat swallows us, thick, as the curtain of night draws in, pushing us closer together. The purple sky deepens, the low buzz of cicadas threatens
By Brent Edwards2 months ago in Poets
Drunk
I've been drunk since Friday five years ago. The kind of drunk that pats you on the arm, giggly. The drunk that laughs into its glass, drinks deeply, then orders another round.
By Brent Edwards2 months ago in Poets
the promise of flight
It is swift and terrible. I am in the expanse, exposed to the putrid stench of carrion. Fear focuses my eyes. A pathway opens up, and I am skittering through
By Brent Edwards4 years ago in Poets
pacific
My friends and I are kicking sand and splashing around in tide pools. Those small puddles, simulations of the real thing 50 yards behind us.
By Brent Edwards4 years ago in Poets
Don't write like a writer
Does your writing sound like writing? What a weird question, right? It’s a good one, I think. It makes you reconsider what’s on the page. Because what’s on the page might be beautiful and eloquent and shit, but awfully confusing to the reader. My job isn’t (usually) to tell beautiful narratives with perfect prose, my job is to communicate my idea with clarity and simplicity.
By Brent Edwards5 years ago in Lifehack
The Recurring Dream
The recurring dream was most unpleasant. Every night, somewhere between 2 and 3am, Hunter Cabrera was murdered. And every night, somewhere between 2 and 3am, Hunter Cabrera woke himself, a hoarse scream echoing faintly in his small apartment.
By Brent Edwards5 years ago in Horror