Henry Fisher

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2023

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“Premonitions of the Past” by Henry Fisher

Submitted to Contest #186

The world gets better in some ways and worse in others. Playing chess is apparently the sign of a gentleman while playing chess well is the sign of a wasted life. So they say. It wasn’t until I saw chess played perfectly that I got scared. Like, really scared. I mean, I’ve always been a checkers guy anyhow, but these two bots, these engines, these neural collections of semiconductors - they figured it out, and none of us knew what it meant at the time. We should have noticed. We should have paid more attent...

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“The Long Bridge” by Henry Fisher

Submitted to Contest #183

Roger opened his eyes gradually, blinking in the soft light and rubbing the sleep out of them. Nothing but the quiet lapping of sea on ancient timbers and easy sway of swirling breezes could be heard. Overhead, blurry glowing edges of soft golden clouds intertwined with crisp outlines of swollen storms in the way that only the fading light of evening will do. Slowly, he sat up and rubbed his head. No gull nor sea creature disturbed the peace, and above the gentle rocking in the boat, a few brave evening stars peeked out o...

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