Jesse Crain

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2022

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“Jack” by Jesse Crain

Submitted to Contest #216

“Unfortunately, this poor soul has left us early, and I pray that he welcomed God's warm embrace, however undeserving he may have been.” The preacher spoke, standing at the podium and doing various hand motions.  “I will now read a passage from John.”  At that moment, I stopped paying attention to his droning. I looked to the front row to see a middle-aged woman crying. Despite her sniffling being incredibly distracting, everyone ignored her. It was even more aggravating to me because she employed a pastor to say a few words. I ...

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“God Killed David Brown” by Jesse Crain

David Brown  On the hottest day of summer, mugginess permeating the air, David Brown was murdered. People only grieved out of politeness as no one cared for him. David Brown was an objectively boring man with a boring name. He had no friends and lacked the ability to make any. He was an outcast in the small town of Cornwall, so news of his death spread like wildfire. Cornwall got its name from the wall of corn surrounding the little town. People would see the sign welcoming them into the town and the corn wall; they would immediately ...

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