Shawn Johnson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2024

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2 Stories

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“Grave Digger” by Shawn Johnson

Submitted to Contest #275

Gary Tsusz loved playing in the dirt as a kid, plunging his hands into the soil and feeling the textures between his fingers, discovering creatures and creepy crawlies under rocks that would slither this way and that as he tried to pick them up. He loved when his mother would act disappointed in him for getting so dirty and had to clean out the grime under his fingernails. A burden-less child as most kids were and only too happy to be told to go outside and play; make-believe being a prerequisite of childhood at that time. So it was no...

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“Pwidge Perplexable” by Shawn Johnson

Submitted to Contest #272

It’s an eight minute walk to the Metro subway if the crosswalks favored my stride; catching a crosswalk signal to cross is about speed and timing. I had just left the gym and, in a fit of hubris, figured I’d done enough cardio to grab a bowl of orange chicken at a Panda Express oh so conveniently located around the corner. This was a solid strategy on the part of this restaurant chain to get the weak-willed warriors on their way out of the gym. Mentally I’m not strong. I’m their target and a fucking bullseye is what they get.I ate and walked...

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