TyJheir Shipman

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2024

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4 Stories

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“Oya! Double Sakura Tree!” by TyJheir Shipman

Submitted to Contest #291

Morning hush drapes the park in light. Two sakura trees, side by side—Double Sakura—blush at dawn. Their branches, tangled in gentle unity, breathe life into Oya’s heart. She stands, jacket tight, though not tight enough to harm.Harsh words between her and her significant other had carved this path beneath her feet. Too much thunder, too many unshed raindrops clinging to her lashes. Her mother had once said the Double Sakura was a place of reflection, where petals held whispers of restless souls. "Watch," she had urged, "see life unfurl in t...

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“How can we go back?” by TyJheir Shipman

Submitted to Contest #286

Journal Entry: #286Date: March 25th, 2027Location: Mars Orbit, aboard the Apex Observer deployment capsule, drifting further away from home. My name is Jonathan Kirkpatrick. I have been granted the fortune of literacy and mobility; the ability to observe and comprehend; the means to assist and share. Yet I am burdened with a curse that is only amplified in my given situation: I cannot relinquish the grip of my past, even as I stand poised to propel humanity into its uncertain future. Which is an odd thing to say, as right now, I am alone, tr...

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“For once in my life, let me get what I want.” by TyJheir Shipman

Submitted to Contest #283

I was expecting this Christmas to feel joyous, at least compared to the ones that came before. Last year, Jacob’s snowboarding accident at the lodge was a major stinker. Then the year before, when Mom got really sick while Dad totaled the car against a telephone pole. Bad years, both of them. But bad things, they’ve always followed us, haven’t they? Like the night you finally got that invitation to basketball camp, only to find the car’s tires slashed the same evening. Or when we spent five whole days plotting out your homecoming proposal to...

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“Your flames left me frozen.” by TyJheir Shipman

Submitted to Contest #234

"If Time never halts, it remains eternally frozen. Yet, if it persists unceasingly, discerning its moments of stillness becomes a puzzle.In the realm I inhabit, shaped yet not crafted by my hand, future and past are illusions, nonexistent. This timeless expanse, paradoxically, began and will inevitably cease just to do it again.Here, the end precedes birth, and in its shadow, we exist. In this eternal twilight, the end looms, always out of reach, yet inescapable. Before our last breath, a new genesis murmurs. In this endless dawn, we live, p...

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