Jack Fitzgerald

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“A Place Beyond Meaning” by Jack Fitzgerald

Submitted to Contest #47

There is nothing around you. Just a blank void. Just whiteness everywhere. There is no reason why you would be here, you just are. You hear no sound, and although you are standing on something, you cannot feel the ground. You hold a leather suitcase. It has the letter "J" messily engraved on the side of it. You do not know what is in the suitcase, or why it is in your hand in the first place. It is just there, and you accept that.A building emerges out of thin air. It's a train station. A wispy voice in your ear says,'go to the station'. You...

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“All Hail the King of Bloodshed” by Jack Fitzgerald

Submitted to Contest #44

I stepped off of the boat to be greeted by my family with open arms. My wife, who hasn't seen me since the beginning of our quest, holding our 2-year-old daughter rejoiced at the sight of my face, although my face was quite the opposite of that. The war has been won, the victory is ours, and yet I couldn't be happy if my life depended on it. Possibly it's because I might not have a life soon. What I saw on that expedition is unbearable to me. So many innocent lives lost just for the pleasure of our ruthless king.My vision is black and white....

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Just a person here to read (and sometimes write) some good stories