Sean Reiley

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2020

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“Virginia Venture ” by Sean Reiley

Submitted to Contest #72

Brennan never knew he had an Uncle Joel. So, when a package came in the mail detailing his uncle’s death out in the wilderness of western Virginia (no, not West Virginia, but western Virginia) he was equally mystified and underwhelmed. “I mean, I feel for the guy….” Emotional confusion aside, Brennan figured his mom or dad would soon receive a similar letter detailing their estranged brother’s death. Neither did. A day later, while cleaning his room, Brennan looked at the creased envelope once ag...

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“Bird Calling ” by Sean Reiley

Submitted to Contest #70

Antonio, Trebor, and Brennan represented the most impulsive segment of humanity. Teenage boys. More specifically, teenage boys with a penchant for lighting up. A lot. Especially Antonio and Trebor. Both of these walking testosterone samples based their daily routine on the whims of Mary Jane. They kissed her on the cheek in the morning. They big her adieu before entering school. They paid her a visit during the 1st and 2nd periods. Then again during lunch. She’d come by once the last bell rang. She’d hang out once they ...

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“Time Capsule... My Ass” by Sean Reiley

Submitted to Contest #62

“What’s the point of a time capsule?” There wasn’t an answer. These are the worst kinds of situations for a teacher. When your forced into doing something and end up endorsing it with such half-assed passive-aggressiveness your students can’t help but question your sincerity. Your gut instinct is to respond, “there is no point. It’s a waste of time.” That, however, means having to speak with them. No, not them. Them. The Board. You rarely if ever see them and they wouldn’t recognize your sorry ass if you stood right ...

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“What About History? ” by Sean Reiley

Submitted to Contest #61

Twenty. There are twenty rows of wooden floorboards. Each row appeared to contain ten or so planks. Two-hundred pieces. Which one was the biggest? There was one towards the middle of the room that seemed a little longer than the others. But was it the biggest? Maybe if calculated by area. What’s the area of a rectangle again? The sides aren’t equal in length. It’s definitely a rectangle. Jay has his foot near the one end and he wears a size 15 shoe. What if he just so happened to place his other foot r...

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“The T-Shirt Toast” by Sean Reiley

Submitted to Contest #28

“Sean, where are you?!” Good question. I was walking around town towards a restaurant I frequented throughout any typical week. Saturday happened to be fish-fry-special night and nothing was more delicious than the fresh caught fish from Lake Mwanza. “Heading towards the Uhuru Monument. What’s up?” Sunsets in Arusha can be borderline nirvana. There weren’t too many lights illuminating the city sky so as to block out the emerging stars against the increasingly pink and orange horizon. If you looked during the right time frame, ...

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Author bio

Rediscovering how great an experience writing can be. Bear with me while the kinks are (perpetually) worked out. I also write about the Philadelphia 76ers (https://ikeandirv.substack.com/)