Jess Steele

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“Being a Hero for a Night” by Jess Steele

Submitted to Contest #99

Henry’s soul couldn’t be saved. It was dark, angry, and rotten. But, as he laid on his death bed, no family or friends by his side, he thought of the only memory he could think of where he showed kindness. He thought long and hard about that memory, and it puzzled him why he broke character at that moment. It made no sense. He was the type of man that would punch his dog, spit at kids in wheelchairs, and steal from chur...

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“God's Name is Robert” by Jess Steele

Submitted to Contest #98

There was a girl walking down the sidewalk, when a strong sense of deja vu washed over him. He never met her before in his life but he could tell you everything about her. Her name was Claire Warren and she was 22 years old. She had a good, comfortable amount of money because her father gave it to her to get her on her feet until she started making her own money. She was in L.A. because her agent got her an audition to play some lady in a chick flick movie. He never saw her before that day but he knew all her features by heart...

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“The Fairy In The Pantry ” by Jess Steele

Submitted to Contest #78

No one liked Ms. Watson. She moved in a few houses away from me a couple weeks ago, and she was already the nut of the neighborhood. She was 30 years old, yet believed in things like Santa Clause and mermaids. She even looked like her reputation would suggest. She wore a tin foil hat to the grocery store, because apparently aliens were trying to read her mind, and a raggedy dress that was two sizes too big. Her hair was...

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“To Get Her To Smile Like That” by Jess Steele

Submitted to Contest #78

We sat at the dinner table, eating the pasta I cooked, silently. The air in the room felt off, you could feel the tension squeezing your own body. It didn’t make sense, we were never this quiet. Maggie always had something to share about her day and I always had something to complain about. But here we were, not talking. I slurped up a noodle, something I knew Maggie hated, in hopes she would scold me just so the unco...

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Author bio

I'm not the best writer in the world but I love to write so who cares! Hopefully you enjoy my stories! Thanks for reading! :)