Allen Roy MacPherson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2019

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“The Last Time I Saw Maurice ” by Allen Roy MacPherson

Submitted to Contest #136

The last time I saw Maurice he was getting on a train with Irene. I don't think Irene was really her name. Nor was it Iryna, which she was also called by. I think both were code names, just as mine was Vienna. Maurice's actual name it turned out was indeed Maurice.       He was a Catholic theology student and it seems he wanted to stay as close to the truth as ever. A fatal flaw, which for him not only meant no code names but issues of conscience and conflict regarding his own mental and internal debates, sometimes vocalized,...

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“No More To His House” by Allen Roy MacPherson

Allen Roy MacPherson                             19 Rosend Avenue Kingston 20 Jamaica 1-876-324-2461 allenroy.macpherson@gmail.com Approximately 3,000 Words No More To His House By Allen Roy MacPherson "He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more." -Job 7:10 The Immortal Rihla and Those Who Contemplate The Wonders of Life   &nbs...

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“Safe” by Allen Roy MacPherson

Submitted to Contest #9

The hand that rocked the cradle was not my mother. It was my 2 year old cousin. I could not have been one year old and 60 years later, I still remember it as clear as if it was yesterday. I think the memory stays with me and is incredibly and indelibly etched in my mind, because the only really recognizable thing, the only truly and newly unumbilical attachment,  to a 6 month old infant is its mother, even more so than her nurturing, nourishing breasts, and maybe, used to turning to see her tender hand and slender fingers, when the crad...

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