Shawn Leader

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2023

Stories (6)

6 Stories

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“Primer Grey” by Shawn Leader

Submitted to Contest #275

Someone once said you never hear the shot that kills you. I did. But then again I pulled the trigger so I may have been anticipating it. Or maybe I heard it after I was dead. I don’t know.That’s the thing and I hate to spoil it for you but when you’re dead the secrets of the universe aren’t revealed, I don’t know what the point is, I don’t know where I am. All I know is that is better to be alive. As alone and useless as I felt when I was alive it was still better than this place. The sky is grey here and not like wispy grey with chance of b...

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“And Out Come the Wolves” by Shawn Leader

Submitted to Contest #255

Raziel looked down at the knife in his hand. It looked worn. It looked plain, an old antler jammed onto the end of that blade, another way to squeeze out every drop of blood. It looked shabby, a tool near the end of its usefulness. It looked like damnation not salvation.Raziel had lead Shing, Eyla and their two daughters out the Wolves’ village in the dark of the night. They found the small boat hidden on the beach. Raziel and Shing paddled them out past the breakers and within twenty minutes they had hoisted the small sail. By the time the ...

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“Poprocks for the Soul” by Shawn Leader

Submitted to Contest #218

A feeling, like walking into a sunbeam but a thousand times more and instead of coming from the outside it’s coming from within. I can’t see a thing but it feels like purple. I can’t hear a thing, but wait maybe I can… it’s like a thumping sound, familiar but far off like I’m underwater and it’s on the surface. The edges of the sound are as blurred as this feeling. Expanding in waves from my heart with tiny exploding tinglies on those undefined edges like Poprocks for the soul. It’s as if some glorious giant spilled a glass of awesomeness on...

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“The Corporate Devil You Know” by Shawn Leader

Submitted to Contest #215

Employees from directors to new hires all run for cover when they hear the clacking of her heels. Like some colossal WWII machine gun:TAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPPYTAPTAPTAPATATTAPTAPTAPTTAPTAPCLICKCLICKTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAP…TAPTAPThe concussions resound through the entire floor, not just from the executive wing to the break room, the entire floor. If the right doors were open it would echo throughout the whole building. She does not simply walk these floors, she punishes them. One could ...

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“Pocket Doors” by Shawn Leader

Submitted to Contest #212

Bill, bill, lawn ad, bill with red stamp, old fashioned letter, pizza ad, bill. Mae walked into the living room and dumped the red bill and pizza ad onto her husband, Mike’s lap. She kept the old fashioned letter and then dumped the rest into the trash.“Red stands for blood,” Mike flipped the red stamped bill onto the coffee table. He kept the pizza ad.“Oh, Shaqadilla. Whatcha got there, lady?”Mae lifted the letter up so Mike could see the expensive looking envelope with an elegant calligraphic address. Something shifted in it, tinkling down...

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“Brain Vs Brain” by Shawn Leader

Submitted to Contest #211

6:48. Time to turn off the car and head into work. My hand doesn’t move. My hand and body in general always wait for a confirmation from both sides of the brain (the good side and the bad side) before any action is taken. The body wants 3 things to be full, warm and relaxed like we were an hour ago before that idiot alarm ruined our lives again! Bad Brain says we can put it drive, be back in bed in minutes and forget all about work today. Heck, we already had breakfast two more steps and we’re golden, my darlings. We need go in, we need mone...

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