Justin LeDuc - Writer

Justin LeDuc - Writer Justin LeDuc is a film technician and self-published author from Toronto, ON.

A new episode of The Midnight Storyteller has arrived…🎙️ THE SHAPE OF THE UNKNOWN is now streaming on Spotify and all ma...
08/14/2026

A new episode of The Midnight Storyteller has arrived…

🎙️ THE SHAPE OF THE UNKNOWN is now streaming on Spotify and all major podcast platforms.

Tonight’s journey takes you into five unforgettable tales where the line between reality and the impossible begins to disappear…

🔥 A camper discovers that an old ghost story may be terrifying… and true.

🥩 A chef learns the horrifying cost of perfection in a kitchen that never stops taking.

🌌 A lone space traveler encounters an ancient intelligence that challenges the very meaning of individuality.

🚀 An astronaut witnesses the universe itself beginning to vanish.

🤖 And a repaired machine asks a question that no human is truly prepared to answer.

From supernatural folklore and visceral body horror to cosmic dread and philosophical science fiction, this collection explores the mysteries that lie just beyond our understanding.

Turn down the lights. Put on your headphones. And step into the unknown.

🎧 Listen now on Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts.

If you enjoy the episode, please consider following the show, leaving a rating and review, and sharing it with the horror fans in your life. Your support helps keep these stories alive.

https://justinleducwrites.com/

✨ NEW EPISODE – Echoes of the Pen ✨🎙️ Between the Lines of Ordinary Days is now streaming on Spotify and all major podca...
08/14/2026

✨ NEW EPISODE – Echoes of the Pen ✨

🎙️ Between the Lines of Ordinary Days is now streaming on Spotify and all major podcast platforms!

Some of life’s most meaningful moments aren’t the loud ones—they’re found in an empty coffee mug, a walk beneath autumn leaves, a chance meeting, a forgotten page, or the quiet courage to keep moving forward.

In this new episode of Echoes of the Pen, I share seven original poems that explore grief, humor, love, resilience, memory, and hope. Together, they remind us that even the ordinary can leave extraordinary echoes.

Featuring:
☕ Empty Mug
🐈 The Cat, High as Hell Heading Home from the Vet
🍂 An Autumn Walk
✨ Small Connections
📖 Untitled Page
💪 Doubt and Resilience
🌅 Last Light on the Lake

Whether you’re looking for a moment of reflection, a smile, or simply a quiet escape from the noise of the day, I hope you’ll join me.

🎧 Now streaming on Spotify and all major podcast platforms.

If the episode resonates with you, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Please consider following the show, leaving a rating or review, and sharing it with someone who enjoys thoughtful poetry and storytelling.

Justinleducwrites.com

✨ The Mirror Beneath the Stars ✨What if the answers we spend our lives searching for were never above us—but within us?T...
08/11/2026

✨ The Mirror Beneath the Stars ✨

What if the answers we spend our lives searching for were never above us—but within us?

The Mirror Beneath the Stars is a crown of sonnets exploring selfhood, mortality, transformation, and the ancient idea that the universe is reflected in the individual. Drawing on symbols of the serpent, the fallen star, roots, mirrors, and flame, it journeys through shadow toward self-forged identity—where wisdom is earned through questioning rather than obedience.

This is a poem about becoming. About embracing both darkness and light, not as opposites, but as necessary reflections of one another.

If you enjoy philosophical poetry, mythic symbolism, or contemplative verse that invites multiple readings, I hope you’ll spend some time with it.

Read The Mirror Beneath the Stars now on justinleducwrites.com

I’m excited to share my latest flash fiction, “The Mourning Dress,” now available on my website.This story was written f...
08/03/2026

I’m excited to share my latest flash fiction, “The Mourning Dress,” now available on my website.

This story was written for the NYC Midnight 500-Word Challenge 2026, where it placed highly enough in the First Round to qualify me for Round Two. I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity to continue in the competition and thankful to everyone who has supported my writing along the way.

If you enjoy atmospheric gothic horror, forgotten graves, whispered secrets, and stories that linger in the dark long after midnight, I hope you’ll give it a read.

🌙 Read it now at justinleducwrites.com

🎙️ NEW EPISODE | Echoes of the Pen“Beautiful Noise” is now available.Every poem begins as a single moment—a feeling that...
07/29/2026

🎙️ NEW EPISODE | Echoes of the Pen
“Beautiful Noise” is now available.

Every poem begins as a single moment—a feeling that refuses to stay quiet.

In this newest episode of Echoes of the Pen, I explore the beauty and chaos that shape our lives. From the transcendent power of music to the sting of betrayal, from grief and perseverance to absurd humor, indulgence, legacy, and the search for authentic joy, this collection spans the many contradictions that make us human.

Featuring:
🎵 Brilliant Vibrations
🎼 Cadence/Resonance
🍂 Cause and Effect
🤝 Friendship’s Guise
🚶 I Will Go
🌍 Worst World Problems
🧀 Ode to the Golden Grail
🕊️ The Departure / The Mourning / The Resolve
⛓️ Vacation in Chains
🔥 The Grand Indulgence
💔 A Single Slip
✨ The Real Weight
🎭 Validation Junkies

Whether you’re here for quiet reflection, sharp social commentary, or simply a love of poetry, I hope something in these words stays with you long after the final line.

🎧 “Beautiful Noise” is streaming now wherever you listen to podcasts.

If a poem resonates with you, let me know which one—and why. I’d love to hear what echoed with you.

Justinleducwrites.com

The fire is lit, the shadows are gathering, and a new episode of The Midnight Storyteller has arrived.Tonight’s episode,...
07/29/2026

The fire is lit, the shadows are gathering, and a new episode of The Midnight Storyteller has arrived.

Tonight’s episode, “Veins, Sand, and Shadow”, features five original tales that journey from Gothic horror to eerie folklore:

🩸 The Veins of the House – A disgraced surgeon inherits a decaying estate whose walls pulse with an impossible heartbeat.
🕯️ This Way – A ghost story told in the darkness may become the only path to survival.
🌊 The Quiet Sand – A family vacation in paradise unravels into a terrifying reckoning.
🤠 The Endless Bounty – An outlaw rides across an endless desert in pursuit of a reward that may never have existed.
🍃 Thimble Hill – A quiet fairy tale where kindness is rewarded by the oldest magic of all.

From haunted legacies and whispered warnings to endless hunts and forgotten kingdoms, tonight’s collection explores the choices we make—and the things that refuse to let us go.

So dim the lights, settle in by the fire, and let the stories carry you into the darkness.

🎧 Now streaming wherever you listen to podcasts.

Justinleducwrites.com

I’m excited to finally share my First Round entry for the 2026 NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge!This story earned 1s...
07/28/2026

I’m excited to finally share my First Round entry for the 2026 NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge!

This story earned 1st Place in its group, advancing me to Round 2 of the competition, and I’m thrilled to be able to share it with everyone now.

Told from the perspective of a humble boutonnière passed from lapel to lapel at a prestigious film festival, it’s a satirical look at ambition, performance, ego, art, and the fleeting nature of recognition. Sometimes the smallest observer sees the most.

If you enjoy character-driven fiction with a touch of dry humour and philosophical reflection, I hope you’ll give it a read.

📖 Read it now on my blog:
https://justinleducwrites.com

I’d love to hear what you think in the comments!

There are days when the heat feels like more than weather.When the air hangs heavy, patience wears thin, and every headl...
07/23/2026

There are days when the heat feels like more than weather.
When the air hangs heavy, patience wears thin, and every headline seems to carry the smell of smoke. We tell ourselves we’re only tired, but sometimes exhaustion comes from carrying the weight of a world that never seems to cool down.
My newest poem, “When the World Forgets the Breeze,” is a reflection on climate anxiety, burnout, depression, and the quiet hope found in the smallest moments of relief. It isn’t about solving the world’s problems—it’s about surviving them, one breath at a time.
If you’ve ever stood outside searching for that first cool breeze after an unbearable day, I hope these words resonate with you.
Read the full poem now on my blog.

https://justinleducwrites.com/

What does hope look like to you when the world feels overwhelming?

📸 THE MESSAGE WON.Your fingers tremble as you turn the photograph over.The rest of the writing has appeared.“If you’re r...
07/21/2026

📸 THE MESSAGE WON.

Your fingers tremble as you turn the photograph over.

The rest of the writing has appeared.

“If you’re reading this… you’ve already decided.”

You look back at the picture.

The face beside yours is no longer scratched out.

You recognize them instantly.

Not a stranger.

Not a monster.

Just someone who never stopped asking what came next.

Every station.
Every door.
Every answer.

Until there was nothing left to discover.

The train slows one final time.

Outside, there is no station.

No sign.

Only empty tracks disappearing into white fog.

The intercom crackles one last time.

“Curiosity kept the train moving.”

“Contentment lets it stop.”

The doors slide open.

No creature waits.

No revelation.

Only silence.

You fold the photograph, place it back into the envelope, and leave it on the empty seat.

When the next passenger wakes, it will be waiting for them.

Or perhaps…

It won’t.

Perhaps this is where stories end—not with answers, but with the moment someone decides they no longer need them.

🚉 End of the Line.

Thank you for riding.

🖋️ A new episode of Echoes of the Pen is available now.Poetry has a way of reaching places that ordinary conversation ca...
07/21/2026

🖋️ A new episode of Echoes of the Pen is available now.

Poetry has a way of reaching places that ordinary conversation cannot.

This latest episode is a deeply personal collection exploring survival, illness, love, family, memory, and the lifelong search for understanding. These poems don’t offer easy answers—they sit with difficult questions, confront pain with honesty, and look for moments of hope in the spaces where darkness and light meet.

From reflections on mental health and perseverance to family history, human connection, and the struggle to find meaning in an increasingly complicated world, each poem captures a different facet of what it means to simply keep going.

If you’ve ever found comfort in words that are honest, vulnerable, and deeply human, I hope you’ll spend some time with this collection.

🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, and thank you, as always, for supporting independent poetry. Every listen, share, and kind word helps these poems reach those who may need them most.

Thank you for listening.

https://justinleducwrites.com

https://open.spotify.com/show/2RXZzr1L7DkiOyr2KdUVoQ?si=BVVuIW74Q6CLy1uBqB4Huw

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