Max Shoe

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“The Desert Flower Mansion” by Max Shoe

Submitted to Contest #97

TW: killing, suffocation A few nights ago—in a certain village in Cambridge, England—a movie about a father and a son going on a trip played in local television. My wife, Arianne, was with me the whole time. It was a good tearjerker. I wasn’t sure why I was moved but I was and it made me feel terribly sad. That same night, I remembered the penetrating grief I felt when I lost my only son. We never went on a trip together. We never even engaged in casual conversation since he never got the...

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“nice man” by Max Shoe

Submitted to Contest #85

“You used to be so nice!” she screams. I don’t agree with her. When have I ever been nice? “Please stop that and look at me,” she says in a normal voice. A sweet brown voice that you can taste and see. Like a bear or a lion....

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“the prom king is someone's queen for the night” by Max Shoe

Submitted to Contest #61

I hate the view from up here. I live in an eight-story apartment that seems to be rotting from the inside out. Thin white walls stand left unpainted. They’re so thin that I always hear the neighboring rooms’ businesses, namely loud music and rough sex. The smell of leftover take-outs from the Chinese fast food across the street fills in this haunted space. I d...

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Author bio

I write stories featuring male gay characters.