Shi Shang

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2024

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“In Chicago” by Shi Shang

Submitted to Contest #276

I’d always despised my background. It wasn’t that life wasn’t peaceful. It was. The trouble was that along with peace came a sense of incurable boredom. Growing up in rural Illinois, I’d always envied the “city folk”. How perfect their lives seemed to be! A Michelin star restaurant a stone's throw away, luxury shops every corner, the 2.7 million people living in the beautiful city of Chicago that always made you feel a part of a larger community, that never made you feel lonely.  And there was the money. All those jobs that people spo...

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“You” by Shi Shang

Submitted to Contest #275

YouA psychological horror story by Shi ShangThis story contains themes of mental illness, suicide and self-harm.You open your eyes. You realize that all this time you’ve been in a cold sweat. The ceiling fan hums and drones above you.You don’t remember falling asleep though.You tell yourself that there’s nothing wrong. People fall asleep on the couch all the time.It felt like yesterday when it happened, though it must have been a year or so. You’ve already lost track of time a long while ago. Not long after moving in, your teenage son went t...

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Author bio

Aspiring writer, likes to write horror, suspense short stories that are mainly emotional and psychological