Stephen Hansen

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2023

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“To Catch a Super” by Stephen Hansen

Submitted to Contest #263

Flyguy landed squarely on the sidewalk in front of Dave’s Midtown Bar & Grill. He smiled and held the door for an exiting patron then entered. Yacht rock filled the room signaling that ladies night was well underway. Flyguy waved off the dining hostess and made his way to the bar where Jamie, an ex-marine with extraordinary biceps and a dimpled chin was serving up drinks. There were no empty bar seats.           Flyguy turned sideways and squeezed his otherworldly physique between tw...

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“Work First, Show Tunes Afterwards, Capisce?” by Stephen Hansen

Submitted to Contest #253

It's easy hours in the city that never sleeps, and the after midnight crowd lingers along the shadows of its broken down bars and alley's. A couple of well greased drunks spill from the corner saloon where they shadow box a lone car as it passes. It's trash night, and the rats are feasting on the refuse of the masses. That’s my New York! On a good night, you can mask its acrimony with a stiff drink and night out with your girl. But, tonight, as it turns out, is not one of those nights. My name is Jake, Jake Tolliver, and an hour ago, I was s...

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“October's Light” by Stephen Hansen

Submitted to Contest #206

Jenna Wakefield was eight, when her mother disappeared from her life. And though the memory of it had faded over time, the emotions connected to mothers passing remained locked deep and impenetrable in a place of darkness, where the lava of it consumed her better nature. It was a place she had less occasion to visit now that she was older. Still, Jenna knew the path, and the door there was never locked.      It had been her father, of course, who had broken the news. Jenna took it hard, sitting in her mother’s f...

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Author bio

I have a passion for story telling. I love to write plays and stories in the youth genre. As a retired teacher, I plan to devote more time to these endeavors.