Jay Stormer

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

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“Return of the "Old Boy"” by Jay Stormer

“Memory is like fiction; or else it's fiction that's like memory." Haruki MurakamiA silver Prius with out-of-state plates turned left from State Highway 29 onto Burbeck Drive entering an “upscale” housing development. The driver then pulled over to the side and parked. He sat for a moment checking his position with Google Maps on his smart phone.  If it were not for the GPS he would never have recognized this location. It had changed so completely since he was last here.<...

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“A Conversation with “Red”” by Jay Stormer

This is a transcript of my conversation with a human birder on the sandy edge of a mudflat, one of many such places along the shores of eastern North America.  You probably think I am one of your species, Homo sapiens (an oxymoron if there ever was one), making up a story anthropomorphising me, a bird. Of course, I don’t think as humans do, and I don’t speak or write English or any of your human ...

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Author bio

Retired scientist, more of an artist-printmaker than writer of stories. But, taking on new challenges is good for ones psyche.