Austin Mooney

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2021

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6 Stories

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“Slug House” by Austin Mooney

Heavy, lazy, wet, hardly a sound at all, Robin heard something moving in the hallway outside of her bedroom. The night before, she noticed it much fainter and further away, but she fell asleep. It hadn't frightened her then. Now, rhythmic cracking and gnashing lightly floated above the deeper, unending slurping that aurally slipped through the cracks around her door. She had moved into this duplex only two days ...

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“Red Swallow” by Austin Mooney

Theo sat in silence while he drove, as he had done many times before, into Red Swallow National Park to spend the day hiking his favorite trail. The leaves on every tree had changed colors under the influence of autumn’s chill, and radiant oranges, mesmerizing yellows, and thick reds guided him deeper into the forest. It was a drive that Theo typically wanted to finish as quickly as possible so that he could begin his h...

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“Midnight Mattress” by Austin Mooney

Robert dried the brown water from his hands, reached for the breakroom door handle, and breathed deeply. His first week of training at Midnight Mattress, a 24-hour mattress store down the street from his apartment, had gone smoothly up until tonight. The owner, Linda, had scheduled him during the busiest night of the year. Halloween. Robert asked his coworkers why Halloween was their busiest night, but they wouldn’t giv...

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“Whacking Willy” by Austin Mooney

There are many reasons why children are forbidden from going out at night. Even in the small midwestern community of North Liberty, Iowa, away from the crime and violence of the big city, the prevailing belief among residents is that nothing good happens after midnight. Some children might be forbidden from going out at night because they’re in trouble, and some because they’re being kept away from trouble. Either way, there is a certain kind of trouble that can only be found once the sun goes down.Michael had just turned 14 years ...

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“The Yellow Screen” by Austin Mooney

CW: goreAmanda and Lily spoke on the phone together once per week, every week. Not always on the same day, but whenever they could. They had been friends since childhood, and although they lived in different states, they still made time to stay in each other’s lives. Sometimes they only chatted for a few minutes, sometimes they traded secrets for hours. On this evening, however, Amanda found herself very tired after coming home from work and did not want to talk on the phone, but of course, Lily called, and Amanda had to...

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“A Light Behind the Trees” by Austin Mooney

“You wanna do something fun?” Meredith asked Jessica with a sinister smile. Jessica and Meredith were traveling abroad during their summer between high school and college. The two friends were working together on a farm somewhere deep inland. They could not recall the name of the town once they left. They said it felt like it may have never existed. Like a dream. “Like what?” Jessica asked, intrigued by the offe...

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