Jim Driesen

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2021

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“Chasing Life” by Jim Driesen

Submitted to Contest #182

I had Daffy Duck in my car one time. I know, you’re raising an eyebrow in disbelief. A cartoon character, you say. Yes, that’s what I said. You see, your life is not like mine. I’ve been subjected to a Hell on earth all my life, or at least since I started driving around age 18. You don’t say no to Daffy Duck when he jumps in your car at a red light and demands you “follow that car”. That car, by the way, contained what appeared to be gray and pink bunny ears sticking up in the back window. The chase went on for an hour, careening around tur...

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“The Last Hit” by Jim Driesen

Submitted to Contest #124

There’s always a demand for a guy in my profession. I’m a paid assassin. Doesn’t matter who they are or what they’ve done, if someone wants them wasted, I’m the one that gets the order. It’s a business. I don’t do international stuff, that’s for the Central Intelligence Agency. No, I’m a domestic. Exes are my bread and butter. Ex-spouses, ex-bosses, ex-any things. Everyone has someone they’d like to see popped, and if they really want to get it done right, they call me. This is no business for an amateur. How do they find me? How do you find...

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“Break a Leg” by Jim Driesen

Submitted to Contest #123

Maybe it was a little much to expect doing Shakespeare in a community theater group, and in a small community at that. The call for auditions went out to the world by way of paper signs stapled to phone poles and trees along the main street throughout town. The theater was located in a hundred year old school building, it seated around fifty people, and did have a nice small stage and lighting. Citizens that had attended events there before brought their own cushions for the hard, wooden seats. I was walking my dog Buster one morning and ...

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