Daniel Legare

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2022

Stories (18)

18 Stories

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“The Things I didn't Do” by Daniel Legare

Submitted to Contest #167

A knock at the door. “Good morning!” Joseph says, in that way that he does, warm as the sunshine on a cool spring morning. “You’re late,” I smirk the largest smirk that I can. He gives me that pouty smile back and puts his fists on his hips. “Now Gerald, you know I’m the only one here who can get your tea exactly as you like it,” Joseph replies. He brings my tea in my mother’s fine china cup, with a littl...

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“Karoshi” by Daniel Legare

Submitted to Contest #166

Suneer’s eyes opened at 5am as they did everyday, his internal clock tuned to the schedule he’s followed for nearly 27 years. With long slow blinks he pulled himself from the lull of dreaming and wriggled his way up to a seating position, pausing every few seconds to wait for the ache in his joints to subside. He spends the next minute coughing a dry painful cough, the unmistakable hacking of a smoker’s lungs. It had be...

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“Affluenza” by Daniel Legare

Submitted to Contest #165

Content Warning: References of death and substance abuse, swearing.I’ve never been in a courtroom before. It doesn’t look like the ones in those movies or shows. Just regular old office lights, the long tube ones. The room is kind of bland, no windows or anything. It’s just like a room where you have meetings and stuff. Other than that, it’s kind of empty. The only thing that looks like the movies is where the judge sits. I wonder if he’ll have that black gown-thing on and one of those ...

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Author bio

36 year old vagabond, musician, aspiring writer, daydreamer. Coffee addict. Negronis on Fridays. Into sci-fi, horror, fantastical fiction, and drama.