Shant Siyahian

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2021

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“Stand Still” by Shant Siyahian

Submitted to Contest #112

The precise moment before rainfall, the sky gets quiet, time comes to a standstill, and life pauses. The gophers coop up in their underground holes, closing their entryways with excess gravel. The murder of crows find refuge in the thickets of the grandmother tree. The mice huddle next to each other in their hole in the wall. The rainmaker closes his eyes, arms out, palms upward. A moment of total silence. The first raindrop lands on his left palm. Herbert was driving home on a Friday evening after work. He had just passed through the thicke...

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“A Peculiar Occurrence ” by Shant Siyahian

Submitted to Contest #103

Typically, it starts with numbers. It could be on the clock. It could be on license plates. "11:11am". You think to yourself, again?! Every time I look at a clock I see 11:11! What gives?? For Yesonay, it happened a little differently. See, Yesonay was a piper. What's a piper? A piper plays the pipe flute wearing tight stockings, gathering animals along with him wherever he plays. Yes, THAT type of piper. The one you see in children's books. As a piper, Yesonay would roam the land and call upon the squirrels, the crows, the rats and t...

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