Jesse Shelton

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2021

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“The Log in Your Eye” by Jesse Shelton

Submitted to Contest #97

Greg was barely asleep beside his wife when he was awoken by an unexpected knock on their bedroom window. It was 3.02 a.m. He was supposed to be away on a sales assignment but had made an impromptu return after missing a connecting flight. He had left early morning and was due back in a week. After missing his flight, he had not bothered to inform his wife because there was a chasm between the two lately.He had returned at 12.05 a.m. to find Becky dead drunk and asleep in the couple’s bedroom. Their sons, Eric, 7, and Brian, 5, were asleep i...

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“The Siamese Twins” by Jesse Shelton

Submitted to Contest #94

The aura in the house was quiet and windy. The only noise pervading the house was the loud silence emanating from the two of us. The TV was off. She was seated in a reclining chair on one end of the living room, busy on her muted smartphone. I was sitting on a couch, engrossed in a mystery. We were Siamese twins, conjoined by nuptials, but swimming in an icy ocean that three months earlier had been our hot bath. Our real journey had begun nine months prior. We had tied the knot in a very elaborate ceremony. Friends from diverse walks of lif...

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“My Kid Sister and I” by Jesse Shelton

Submitted to Contest #93

Jessica and I went to the same college - Illinois State University. Both of us came from the Village of Savoy, some 94 kilometres south east of I.S.U. But we only came to know each other as freshers at the university.Here’s how we met. As freshers, I used to see her in my class but we had never talked. One evening, I was strolling outside campus when I saw her accosted by two fellows. From the altercations, I could tell that it wasn’t a friendly encounter. As I drew near, the bully donning Low Fade haircut held her by the ponytail while the ...

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“The Fire Spitting Bambino” by Jesse Shelton

Submitted to Contest #92

The Fire Spitting Bambino This Thursday, April 18th, 2019 is like any other at the Hudsons’ house, aka Bill’s Villa. Being a security supervisor at Amazon, Benjamin Hudson has woken up earlier than the rest as usual to report to work. His wife, Jean Hudson, has to drop their 11-year-old Jimmy Hudson to school before proceeding to Westston College where she works as a tutor. Jean’s visiting brother, Haman Morgan, is the only one to leave the house late because he has “a few things to do in town,” as he said two days ago when he came calling. ...

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