Zach Shapiro

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2022

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“Just A Friend ” by Zach Shapiro

Submitted to Contest #213

Theo was having second thoughts. Erin had been in the bathroom for a few minutes, no longer than a normal amount, but his mind was still racing. Erin was cute, with inquisitive eyes and a charming, big-toothed smile. The conversation had flowed well thus far, about thirty minutes and one drink in. They had a darkly sarcastic conversation about their approaching thirties. But with her away from the table he was now seein...

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“Benny Bitter and the Cree Three” by Zach Shapiro

Submitted to Contest #160

It had been four years since the last rains. A normally verdant and temperate valley had become yellowed with drought and death, everything from grass to bushes to trees withering to a pale and lifeless straw. The hills of dead grass and huddled bunches of bare trees looked down upon the dried-out river, now a rocky and carcass-filled road, an underworldly shadow of the existing road that had previously followed the r...

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“Memory and a McDouble” by Zach Shapiro

Submitted to Contest #159

What did I do for dinner last Wednesday? It’s remarkable how hard it can be to think back after only five days. I remember Thursday’s dinner, a lackluster meatloaf smothered in ketchup, something totally forgettable aside from its brash mediocrity, but that isn’t past the look-back threshold. The memory has to be five days old to buy this combo McDouble meal, and why not trade the memory of one forgettable dinn...

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Author bio

Hi! I’m a 28 year old author based in Austin, Texas. I released my debut novel, a dystopian/speculative fiction thriller called “The Certainty of Tides” in September 2021. I love writing in speculative/dystopian genres to critique the world around us (think Black Mirror), but am also interested in the here and now! Would love to discuss! Zach