And here’s the third story for Halloween! There’s two more to come after this one — that’s right. Bingo! For the first time ever, I’ve written a story for every single prompt for a Reedsy contest. What can I say? Halloween just inspires me. 🙂
This one was written for the prompt, “Write about a vampire or werewolf who moves into a quiet suburban neighborhood.” The title of my story is Homeowner’s Association, and you can read it here on WordPress or over on my Reedsy profile (as always!).
Well, here we go again! How are you guys? In the Christmas spirit? As if there’s only a handful more of these Reedsy short stories left of 2019… It’s hard to believe that there’s less than two weeks left of this decade!
Anyway, this week’s Reedsy theme was ‘talking shop’. After some deliberation, I chose prompt #3 — “Write a short story about someone watching a convincing infomercial.” Even by my standards, the story I wrote is a little strange… It’s about a vampire who buys a fruit juicer. No, I’m not joking. The title of my story is A Heart Is Not an Orange, and you can read it here on WordPress or over on my Reedsy profile.
Martin Wilson never returned from his student exchange program abroad. This is mostly due to the fact that he didn’t escape the vampire.
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I hope you guys like it! I did laugh to myself once or twice whilst writing this. I did mutter to myself, “What the hell are you writing, Joshua?” on more than one occasion. But, I had fun. And really, isn’t that the goal of this hobby?
Also, I hope everyone is enjoying my little Christmas tale —Â Yule Be Sorry: A Very Bite-Sized Christmas. I’m having a blast with it!
Hey, how’s it going? After a few months off, I decided to participate in Reedsy’s weekly Short Story Contest again, as I always have fun writing from a prompt (and to a short deadline!).
This week’s theme was Stranger Things. Out of the five available prompts, I chose #2: “write a story based on the theme of good vs. evil.”
Naturally, I wrote a little horror story, titled House of Mirrors. You can read the short story here.
“If you were to judge the scene purely by sight, you would have thought that Jerry was all alone in the house of mirrors.” Continue Reading
I hope you like it! I had an absolute blast writing it!
Joshua G. J. Insole 