Shawn Ingram
Bio
In January 2021, I contracted the virus du jour. I thought I was going to die. For three weeks, all I did was sleep, moan, and dream.
The following month I joined VOCAL.media. I've published over 150 sories so far!
Stories (118/0)
Monolith 3; Tammy’s Choice
The monolith sat, waiting patiently for centuries. It was sentient, but it would have blushed at such high praise. It felt no need for flattery. There was only one thing that fulfilled it, and it had been a long time since it had that treat. It ached to feel sated.
By Shawn Ingram3 years ago in Horror
In the End
In the end, she tells herself for the millionth time; it was only an accident. He hadn't meant to injure her in this most irreversible manner. This had been the unfortunate outcome of an unintentional flirtation. He hadn't meant to die, but only to taste the long imagined cessation of feeling, loathing, comparing. Surely, that was all this had been, right?
By Shawn Ingram3 years ago in Humans
The Man Who Wasn't There
When he complained about his advanced age, his friends, the younger ones, liked to comment that age was just a number. It was true, a part of him confessed, but still. And they were always so goddamn earnest that he found it impossible to give in to his temptation to disabuse them of their naivete in the most forceful fashion ever.
By Shawn Ingram3 years ago in Humans
Salmon Nigiri
The salmon nigiri rotates past the couple for the third time since the couple sat down several minutes ago. One patron, an older man, had years ago slyly flicked a sharpie marker against the conveyor belt to time how long it took for the sushi items to pass through the entire restaurant. It was four minutes, twelve seconds.
By Shawn Ingram3 years ago in Feast
Magic Meadow
The first several times I took the Chisholm trail south, it was to visit the Barnes & Noble bookstore on 15th Street or Jersey Mike’s Subs that sits on the Central Expressway service road; both establishments have been the recipient of a fair amount of my money over the years. This area was my new neighborhood. Naturally, I was in more of an explorer mode.
By Shawn Ingram3 years ago in Humans