Matt Rahn

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2024

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“Rendezvous at the Equinox” by Matt Rahn

Submitted to Contest #274

      There will be no confession. There’s nothing to explain. Nor anyone to scapegoat and certainly no one to cast shame upon.           That’s my two cents.           I’ve been sole owner of the Equinox for over a decade now. I fought for the lion’s share, and I’ll be damned if some half-witted pig is gonna take it from me.           A waste of tim...

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“On Behalf of the Banished” by Matt Rahn

Submitted to Contest #272

           To be one of the forbidden is no small thing.            To be banished and forgotten for as long as time elapses. Being regarded as nothing more than a component of a greater whole – a semblance of something corporeal, yet not existing by on own accord.           There is a tepid agreement between you and I, although you may not know it.     &...

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“Scarlett Crosses” by Matt Rahn

Submitted to Contest #271

    Blustering winds carry the city’s garbage from one alley to the next. A muddy spring marks the onset of endless showers. Freezing rain that coats the buildings with a filament of ice and despair, praying for warm sunlight soon.            Accompanied by a derelict shopping cart, a displaced man covers himself with a used garbage bag and presses on past the storefronts of Northport Street. He is emaciated and worn down. His gray and black hair, damp in the early sp...

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Author bio

Speculative Fiction and Genre Fiction author from Chicago. Specializing in queer horror and psychological thrillers, with themes of identity and community. Novels, novellas, short stories, and poems. Always on the search for readers, editors, illustrators, and collaborators. https://substack.com/@matthewallenrahn