Shannon ChapelinThe StorytellersThe Enigma ContingencyThis is my first year as a NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge participant (I participated in the flash fiction challenge last year, making…Feb 2, 2017Feb 2, 2017
Shannon ChapelinThe StorytellersMeltdown at MatchitehewThis is my first year as a NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge participant. The FFC is a writing competition that divides participants…Dec 1, 2016Dec 1, 2016
Shannon ChapelinThe StorytellersBeneath a Dark and Ruinous SkyThis is my first year as a NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge participant. The FFC is a writing competition that divides participants…Dec 1, 2016Dec 1, 2016
Shannon ChapelinThe StorytellersSleeping Dogs LieThis is my first year as a NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge participant. The FFC is a writing competition that divides participants…Dec 1, 2016Dec 1, 2016
Shannon ChapelinThe StorytellersTen Days, Two Blowouts, One Journal, and a CameraA Photo Essay by Shannon ChapelSep 4, 2016Sep 4, 2016
Shannon ChapelinThe Storytellers*Resurrection Man — one who exhumes/steals dead bodies, especially for dissection.Cloaked in darkness, the men worked quickly. Rain poured from the folds of their tricorns, snaked down their waistcoats, soaked their…May 23, 2016May 23, 2016
Shannon ChapelinThe StorytellersNoah’s ArkImagine you’re lying on a soft rubber raft in the middle of the ocean. The day is warm; the sea calm. You close your eyes and dip your…Oct 21, 2015Oct 21, 2015
Shannon ChapelinThe StorytellersInnocence LostMy very first memory is of sitting in the back seat of some station wagon or other as my mother drove and hearing the radio broadcast that…Sep 23, 2015Sep 23, 2015
Shannon ChapelinThe StorytellersYou Can Sleep While I Drive“She’s not breathing. Code blue! Get the crash cart!”Sep 21, 2015Sep 21, 2015
Shannon ChapelinThe StorytellersWillow, the Green Witch of GloucesterWillow lifted the cauldron’s lid and peeked over the brim. She closed her eyes, inhaling deeply. Mmm-mmm, she thought, giving the contents…Sep 20, 2015Sep 20, 2015