SL Brandon

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2024

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“The Vengeful Earth” by SL Brandon

Submitted to Contest #241

The hardest part about betrayal is that it’s like an earthquake in Bozeman. You know it’s possible; after all Yellowstone is an easy morning’s drive. And we all know that Old Faithful’s homestead is just a super-volcano waiting for the right moment to show off. But you don’t actually expect it. Those worries are for the people who live in Alaska or California. Not Montana.   I woke up that morning, wishing I didn’t have to. The betrayal I’d endured the day before was a 9.5 magnitude that I never saw coming. I’d given five years to ...

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“The Damage We Endure” by SL Brandon

Submitted to Contest #238

Alaina sat in the train station on her usual out-of-the-way bench. It was plain and worn with rust-spotted legs. She lost herself in the unintelligible din that did little to cover the intermittent click-clack of high heels as the station announcements rattled off their repeating messages. Everyone had someplace to go and something to do. Except her. Stuck without a job, she was the one person in the station who was completely unimportant. The vibration of an incoming call pulled her from her daydreams and she pulled out her phone. Ugh. If...

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Author bio

SL Brandon is a Wisconsin based author and voice actor who grew up reading everything between Star Trek and Edgar Alan Poe. You can read more at slbrandon.com