Josh Hairston

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2023

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Perturbed” by Josh Hairston

Submitted to Contest #215

The ant scurried across the hot concrete in the summer afternoon sun. A large dried bread crumb was clutched between its jaws. Timothy's shadow engulfed the ant as the boy stepped forward to observe. Timothy squatted down to take a closer look. The ant was far from its colony, wandering aimlessly. Timothy had read up on ants. He knew they communicated through pheromones, as opposed to sound or sight. This little one was searching for the pheromone trail. "Hey Timmy" said a kid. Timothy hated that nickname. He looked back. Immedi...

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“Cries Of The Sihalik” by Josh Hairston

Submitted to Contest #210

He knew he shouldn’t have let curiosity possess him, but he was helpless to resist, and his intrigue compelled him to see the rumored near-mythic creature that lay in the shallow-base shack. He had no knowledge of what they were doing with the legendary and feared beast, but he feared that was a question he did not want an answer to, but as for what the creature looked like? He could not stop that. No. When Zafir wanted something, and not so often did he want things, he set all matters aside, grand and trivial, to pursue the object of his fo...

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Author bio

I journal. I joke. I gym. And I write stories in my spare time.