Oscar Stein

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2024

Stories (1)

1 Story

11 karma pts

?

“The Squids Vero” by Oscar Stein

Submitted to Contest #258

“Slay.”The shutter sound whirs loudly in the bathroom. In the farthest stall of three, Vero clicks a sharp nail into the groove on the side of her phone and turns off her ringer while she checks the image. She crops out the toilet paper dispenser and brightens the contrast to make her eyes pop. Extending her arm for another one, nose just off-left of the center axis, a heavy-lidded smize pulses above her cheeks.“Slay.” Her jaw lists to a pause at the end of the word. She pulls the phone to her chest, zooming in on th...

0 comments 0
Read story

Author bio

Oscar Stein lives.