Thomas Shorb

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2021

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2 Stories

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“The Golden Child” by Thomas Shorb

Submitted to Contest #100

A delicious, yet pungent scent of garlic saturates the air, as a loaf of bread lay split in twain, within the bowels of an open-faced kiln. Fire licks the bottom crust creating a charred and delectable finish. A woman in her early twenties with hair as golden as sunflower petals carefully removes the pieces and places them upon a long, ivory plate. Her verdant eyes dance with the light of the kiln and lanterns placed throughout the cobblestone room. She skillfully filets them at an angle. Placing the larger of two in front of a black-hai...

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“Brilliant Darkness” by Thomas Shorb

Submitted to Contest #99

A salmon-colored sunset poured radiant warmth over Khanos. His now forty-year-old hands quivered nervously as he counted the empty small and large brass casings that still reeked of sulfur. "Twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five…" he continues gruffly for a few moments. "Fifty-four, fifty-five, fifty-six...." He continues to count as he watches the sun just begin to touch the horizon over the sun-scorched prairie. Sweat creeps down the side of his head into his deep brown beard. Pooling within, it eventually begins to drip upon hi...

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