Fiction | Shawn E. Presley

Unpublished Fiction

Shawn Presley

"A Trail of Quarters": Post-Workshop Revised story

In the case of this story, the story wasn't revised as drastically as I have with others, but I still made some dramatic changes overall.

Shawn Presley

"A Trail of Quarters": A Pre-Workshop Story

This story is adapted from the Grimm’s fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel.” This adaption is set in the 2010s in Anywhere, USA..

Shawn Presley

"The Assassination of Helen Katsoros": A Post-Workshop Story

The assignment post-workshop was to take the critiques and make substantial changes to the story...I accepted that challenge.

Shawn Presley

"A Cost for Anything Gained": A Pre-Workshop Story

The assignment was to write a story where the protagonist gained something but came at a cost. This was my pre-workshop story.

Shawn Presley

Scene Clusters from Intermediate Fiction

In this class, we wrote a short, mid, and long scene within specified word counts. These are raw writing pieces, far from polished products.