Julian Steele

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2022

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“The Black-Leathered Journal” by Julian Steele

Submitted to Contest #138

[This story contains sensitive content such as sexual and physical violence and suicide.]You had a bad day, you say? Wait till you hear about my day. In fact, you may have already heard all about it. Perhaps someone forwarded you a link to a news article, or you came across one while scrolling through your social media feed. I mean, if bad news travels fast, scandals spread like a pandemic. But just in case you are part of that one per cent of the human population who doesn't live for the likes and hearts of your followers and thus you don't...

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“Under the Gazebo” by Julian Steele

Submitted to Contest #137

Trigger warning: strong language; physical violence, gore, or abuse; suicide or self-harm.I can make out a few vigilant silhouettes behind the neighbours' curtains, trailing me—a stranger—as I pull the keys out from my travel backpack. Some things never change in the suburbs. The lock resists for a second but then turns and, once again, I step onto the garden walk. After so many years, I’m finally home again.They haven't bothered to change the locks. I imagine mother continually nagging father to change them or, at the very least, call someo...

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Author bio

I beg you not to tell my EFL students the kind of stories I write, please! *** Doing MRes in Storytelling. *** INFP, millennial, gay, expat. *** Coffee, cats, books, silence.