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James Deegan

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2024

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MORTHAN MEET THE I

James Deegan

Submitted to Contest #314

MORTHAN MEETS THE IByJ.E. Deegan Alanon looked up from his meal of mutton and corn as the door to his small hut slowly swung open. He smiled broadly and motioned to a chair at the table. “Morthan,” he said cheerily. “Come in. There’s food by the fire and ale in the jug.” Alanon’s broad smile quickly waned as his friend stepped from the shadows of the night into the bronze light cast by the lanterns placed about the room. “Ah,” he said through a growing frown, “I sense that King Dillicit’s request to see you did not deal with a pl...

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The Obstinate Bottle

James Deegan

Submitted to Contest #299

The Obstinate Bottle By J.E. Deegan “Have you finished interrogating the prisoner?” asked Major Coke. “Sorry to say we haven’t, Major,” replied Sergeant Sprite. “He’s proving pretty obstinate, Sir… very tough to break. But I have our best personnel working him over. He can’t last much longer.” Major Coke was not pleased with that answer. “Look, Sergeant,” he said testily, his face bright red. We need to know the meaning of that ...

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DREAM DOUBLE

James Deegan

Submitted to Contest #294

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NOTHING

James Deegan

                       NOTHING Frank Rooney had been the manager of the Shop & Save for thirty-eight years, and he wasn't retiring anytime soon. He couldn’t retire – not with all the unmanageable obstacles an unkind fate continually dumped into his life. Not the least among those obstacles was this God-forsaken job, which he detested and always had. He stopped asking himself why he hadn’t left it years ago when it dawned on ...

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