Jamie R

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2019

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“Cemetery Gates” by Jamie R

Submitted to Contest #220

It’s funny how much more you like people after they die. Sad might be the word most folks use, but let’s be honest: only truly realizing how much you want someone in your life long after that’s a physical possibility is hilarious. Ironic might be the word most folks use, but if irony weren’t funny, it would be considered tragedy. Jemma’s story is not a tragedy. She died doing what she loved best: being a condescending bitch. Maybe she'd still be here if she had just listened when the truck driver told her his semi couldn’t make the full t...

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“Uncle Jasper” by Jamie R

Submitted to Contest #21

This year for Christmas I asked for a DNA testing kit. I wasn’t actually expecting to receive one (it was one of the higher-priced items on my wish list), but it was one of the gifts I wanted the most. My family’s ancestral makeup has never been well-defined; I know that I’m Irish and English, but there’s never been any sort of roots with which I’ve been able to trace my family back. In fact, the amount of research and digging I’ve done has produced only a few results: I can now confidently follow my lineage as far back as one hund...

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