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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2024
Submitted to Contest #232
The Pipe Collector A short story by Stephen J Stanner. This story is set in a small village deep in a Columbian Forest. The village consisted of large huts, built from timber and mud gathered from the surrounding land. Many orphaned children were in the village due to encounters with other villages fighting for supremacy. My story focuses on two individuals: a small boy named Gomez, aged sixteen, nicknamed "The Fire Builder" by the villagers, and Rodriguez, the village leader. Gomez was a tiny boy and extremely underweight. He was of thin...
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