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About me - Reed Daigle

You probably know my name by now. It's there over on the right. I currently teach English at a Junior High School in Japan. I am from New Orleans. Before coming to teach English, I was working on movies. I studied filmmaking at the University of New Orleans.

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Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Fear
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Anxiety Opens a Door Her fingers slowly curled around the knob. An ever-tightening grip caused her knuckles to flush red and her veins to bulge. She clenched her frail jaw, gritting her tobacco stained teeth in dread of what was to come. Slowly, fearfully, yet deliberately, Betty's thin pasty hands turned the knob. It was 12... More..

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Family
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Electric Family My cousin Suzie was electric. I don't mean that in a figurative way. Electrolytes filled her blood stream. At least that's how she explained it. Some people occasionally shock themselves when touching a doorknob, when it's winter and the air is dry, wearing those special socks. Not Suzie. Suzie could shoot ou... More..

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Japanese culture
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A man, forty-something, stares at his reflection in a mirror. "Something's missing," he says to his reflection. He tightens his tie. His hands rest a moment on the knot. He picks up his briefcase on his way to the door. With his hand on the knob, the man takes a good look at his house. The man stands on the platform of the b... More..

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: The execution
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Last Days of a Severed Head A sharp glare of light reflecting off the cold steel made me shut my eyes just at the moment that the blade met the skin of a neck. My neck. It didn't prevent me from hearing the sudden hush of the crowd, then its subsequent roar. As I opened my eyes, the ground was rushing up at me and tumbling o... More..

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