J.S. Daniel

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020

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“Clad In Black” by J.S. Daniel

Submitted to Contest #58

The nightly news at ten was always the cornerstone of my evening routine once my work was done. I'd pour myself a glass of my favorite whiskey and adorn it with exactly one cube of ice to help break the surface tension. My home was my castle and I loved to sit on my sofa with just enough dim lamp light to illuminate the various knickknacks I'd collected over the course of my shrouded endeavors. The setting was faultless and I wish I could have captured the image in a painting so that the atmosphere of that final night might last forever. The...

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“The Man in the Mirror” by J.S. Daniel

Submitted to Contest #48

It was you. It was you all along.  It was us.  There he is. I am. We are. I’ve finally found you. After months of questioning, studying scene after scene, case after case. I nearly gave up the chase for justice and was going to allow you to wriggle away into the darkness you slithered from. False leads and miscommunication coupled with unobliging colleagues who seem to favor the shrouded recesses of humanity have forced me to the brink of madness in the hunt for you. Now, as I stand over this bathroom sink bespeckled with blo...

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Author bio

I identify as a rusty bucket full of haunted bog water and my writing will reflect that. I have a lot of things to say and I'm not sure how long I have to say them. Horror enthusiast, weaver of worlds. All hail Cthulhu. "Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." - Vincent Van Gogh