Jem Zargo

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2023

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“My Mother's House” by Jem Zargo

Submitted to Contest #221

My mother passed away at the beginning of 2019 after a long illness. We lived on opposite sides of the country. After the funeral I stayed alone in her house for a few days before returning home. It wasn't actually a house but a very large three bedroom apartment. Not wide but very long. I live in a small one bedroom flat so I was unused to living in such a large space. In a space where I couldn't actually see what was happening at the other end. Especially at night. At night it felt creepy. Not because mum had died there. Like most peo...

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“Death Sentence ” by Jem Zargo

Submitted to Contest #219

The judge pronounced him guilty. And the verdict: death. He was aghast. Death. Did people still get sentenced to death? He hadn't heard of it. "Death? What is that all about, Sydney?" "Yeah, well, Mike. It's certainly unusual but ... geez ... if that's what the judge says, who are we to question it?" Mike couldn't believe how sanguine his lawyer was being. "What do you mean? If that's what the judge says. It's not like it's a fine that we're dealing with here. This is death for Pete's sake!" "Yeah well I mean if you can't trust t...

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Author bio

I'm a new writer just trying stuff out. I'm interested in most genres but especially science fiction (prefer character driven stuff) and historical fiction.