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Shelby Jones

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2025

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Light/house

Shelby Jones

Submitted to Contest #311

Alien invasion horror storyCharacters: Catalina (mother, engineer, scientist) and Avi (young adult, skateboarder, parkour expert, hiker) Catalina needed time to think. Leaving her career as an engineer and astronomer, working on some of NASA’s and the Air Forces secret projects, she takes a job as a light house attendant to escape people and civilization. Years ago, she was involved in a shooting in a busy shopping center where 3 gunmen were randomly killing people. Because of her training as a young girl by her Special Forces ...

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Slay Inc.: Cara's Tribe and Their Sadness

Shelby Jones

Submitted to Contest #311

CW: Human trafficking, attempted abduction, violence After returning from the recon job to the wendigo realm, Cara had to get back to work quickly. She heard from the tribal sheriffs that a few strange trucks were seen coming through town. Late at night and not stopping for gas or food. That was off pattern from normal, almost everyone would stop to pick up a few souvenirs or at least a snack. About 100 miles north of the reservation, a young girl had gone missing. Not native, a white girl, but it was alarming. So the town was on the lookout...

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Slay Inc. Sophia's Story

Shelby Jones

Submitted to Contest #311

Slay Inc. : Sophia’s story Sophia, normal kid… When Sophia got up on Monday morning, she thought well, today is a good day... mom is coming to pick me up from school after the art club, a few precious hours before going home to her dad and selfish stepmom’s house, not her favorite place: she wanted to live with her mom and stepdad full time. She wanted so much to just have some hours away from the darkness. In her small town there was not much entertainment. a lot of crime, but not much else to do. Mom’s town was far better. ...

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Slay Inc. (partial submission from a 6 character story written for a tv or movie series)

Shelby Jones

Submitted to Contest #306

SLAY Inc. You are going through life, not wanting to live, not wanting to die.Hope is elusive, buried, lost.You are a vagabond, a wanderer, a revenant.You have nothing figured out… And then the supernatural catches up with you… …and you have to wake up. The enemy comes to kill, steal and destroy.(John 10:10 ) My soul has dwelt too long With one who hates peace. 7 I am for peace; But when I speak, they are for war. Welcome to Slay Inc., where we risk life and li...

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