Justin Chalifoux

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2022

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Awakening” by Justin Chalifoux

Submitted to Contest #155

What happened? Why can’t I think straight? I force out a mumble through my yielding lips. Why do they feel so limp? My eyelids are lead, glued shut. I focus on the rest of my face, but nothing responds. I can’t feel anything. My closed mouth leaves me breathless. I hyperventilate. Breathing solely through my nose is like sucking air with a straw. I have sleep apnea, I should have my machine! Why don’t I have my machine? My breath quickens, short and stiff through my nostrils, my lungs ache like from a gunshot. With each exhale, my collap...

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“The Teller's Tall Tale” by Justin Chalifoux

Submitted to Contest #152

The door hits the hanging bell, warning of her entry with a chime she’d have preferred muffled. She shuts the door, careful to hold the bell out of its way. Glancing through the window, she notices a few heads turned, some fingers pointing. I’ll pay for that later, she thinks, her back to the doorframe. If word gets out, those leeches will be here before I can bug out. She shrugs the thought away, drawn by the plethora of colors around her. Candles lit in every corner, flickering still from the breeze let it, cushions laying haphazard acros...

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Author bio

I came here to write, quench my thirst, feed my soul, with worlds one only finds between the lines of imagination.