Shawn Leader

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2023

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4 Stories

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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...

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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 p...

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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 shif...

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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...

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