Shoshana Groom

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2024

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“Mourn me, goddamnit!” by Shoshana Groom

Submitted to Contest #268

According to the judge, it was the landlord who was at fault. Carson hadn't had any way of knowing his "newly renovated" Victorian cottage’s heating system leaked carbon monoxide into the attic bedroom; he was never even interrogated as a suspect. And it's not like it was a crime to commit to your dream house the day you saw it with no questions asked, nor to assign the attic to your daughter. Sure. It had been a week, and Carson still hadn't slept. The disconnected TV in their summer home's living room echoed with lines from episodes ...

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“The Super-Badass Hold-Up at the Philomath Regional Bank” by Shoshana Groom

Submitted to Contest #267

Content warning: mental health, kidnapping, strong language---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Maybe alcohol was their savior. Thomas, Bradey, and Reed had spent years being shepherded by The System, but it wasn’t until their vodka bottle was empty and their Code Names game half-fizzled out that Thoams broached his idea on how they could seize their own destinies.The plan was simple: get all snazzy in a bunch of black masks and sunglasses, hit the bank with fake guns blazing, skim some cream from ...

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Author bio

She/her, age 22. I read and write fantasy, sci-fi, and literary short stories.