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Jim Parker

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2024

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~Second Chances~

Jim Parker

Submitted to Contest #315

~ Second Chances ~ Debbie came running the few steps from the office to the master bedroom. “WuWu! I just let an airport shuttle in the front gate. JIMMY’S HOME!” Their scramble for the front door brought all five animals running. “Wait!” Debbie commanded. “You guys stay. Just sit and stay.” Shaking and whining, the doggies obeyed, only just able to keep their haunches down. But Tippycat would have none of it and slipped out of the door with the two women. The shuttle stopped and the door accordioned opened. A road weary Jimmy ste...

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~ The Great Cleansing ~

Jim Parker

Submitted to Contest #314

~ The Great Cleansing ~ After breakfast Jimmy stood and addressed his “family.” Freshly baked sugar cookies on sheets of wax paper covered all the flat areas in the kitchen and the rich aroma hung thick in the air like a blanket of warm, sweet butter. Jimmy said, “Everybody is invited, which means expected, to help decorate and ice the Christmas cookies because there are a shitload of them. There are blue, yellow, and white icings. We have sprinkles and those little silver balls. What are they called, Cuz?”“Little silver balls,” Corrine answ...

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~ The Summit-Conclusion ~

Jim Parker

~ The Summit - Conclusion ~ The Summit after party in the dining hall was winding down. Debbie, Jimmy, and the dwarfish Majordomo of the Underground Summit Sanctuary had finished off 2 bottles of Woodford Reserve, while Sasquatch Chieftain Custos and Malachi, Steward for the Alien race of Errans, were still working on a greasy hindquarter of roasted venison. As the attendees filtered out, many stopped by to offer Debbie, the Erran Comista of Earth, their fidelity or disdain, depending on the species, race or creed of their affiliates. ...

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~ The Summit ~

Jim Parker

Submitted to Contest #312

~ The Summit ~Here at last. Ongtupqa, the underground sanctuary of the Insectoid Alien called Mantid. The claustrophobic tunnel opened up into a concrete, man-made cavern, brightly lit and filled with a landscape of transportation ranging from the mundane to one-of-a-kind. A Tesla Cybertruck, customized Hummer, a Bentley and a myriad of custom built vehicles. Over by a cargo elevator, a Lincoln Navigator SUV with someone rummaging in the back. He stood, closed the hatch and waved. “It’s Malachi!” Wu proclaimed cheerily. Wearing his signature...

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~ Debbie Can't Sleep ~

Jim Parker

Submitted to Contest #311

~ Debbie Can’t Sleep ~ Debbie lie in the bed between Jimmy and Shewuma. Jimmy was sleeping soundly on his back, while Shewuma slept facing Debbie with one arm across her belly. She felt trapped, eyes wide open, staring at the ceiling and thinking, “I remember when my body could sleep.” Tonight was one of those rare occasions when she missed it. Hoping their sexual marathon would prompt a nap, she waited and listened. On each breath out, Jimmy poofed his exhale through partially open lips. Shewuma would suck in with a slight snort....

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~ Wisty's Lament ~

Jim Parker

Submitted to Contest #309

~ Wisty’s Lament ~Wisty was finally calming down and thinking straight. Heading north on I-95 with a full tank of gas, she passed a sign that read, “Philadelphia 255 miles.” It had been over an hour since she left Williamsburg and the debacle of a mission that occurred at The Hybrid’s Compound. Feeling a bit lightheaded from a drop in sugar, she rummaged the console and found David E.’s .38 derringer. She still couldn’t believe it. He left her. It almost brought her to tears once more and she dropped the miniature pistol in her purse. She ru...

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~ Breaking Bread ~

Jim Parker

Submitted to Contest #309

~ Breaking Bread ~ Debbie, The Erran Comista of Earth and Shewuma, Hopi Kachina, were hard at work cooking their “family” dinner. The menu was steaks, bacon, and scrambled eggs for the Carnivores. Also french-fries, green beans, and biscuits for everyone else. It had become tradition to have all of her brood over on Sunday to eat, drink a little and discuss the past week’s events. And this week had been a humdinger. Corrine and Daniel arrived and would stay as long as it took for Debbie to reverse Corinne’s recurring cancer. Jimmy and Grandd...

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~ Nothing Is As It Seems ~

Jim Parker

Submitted to Contest #308

~ Nothing Is As It Seems ~The latest chapter for Lindi Brandon’s series in Dark Harbor Magazine needed to be finished and turned in by noon tomorrow. She had been hard at it all day and was almost finished. Just needed a viable way for Dot to escape the horde. She glanced at the time on the computer screen. Lord have mercy. She was still in her baby blue silk pajamas and her tribe of kids, her Loveies would be home from school soon and ravaging a fresh batch of their favorite sweets, homemade Lamingtons. Mitch was working late, so she was on...

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~ Sub Rosa ~

Jim Parker

Submitted to Contest #307

CW: Contains violence, murder, and sexual language Mr. Portis was annoyed as he sat at the head of the conference table deep underground on Sub-Level 9 of the shadowy organization called Nasa II at Langley Air Force Base. After a moment admiring the reflection of the disturbing scar across his face in one of the two dozen monitors in the room, he snorted with irritation and pressed the transmitter under his jaw. “Will and Grace, where the fuck are you?”Will and Grace were code names for his assistants. This Grace was the latest in a long lin...

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~ The Movie Script ~

Jim Parker

Submitted to Contest #306

~ The Movie Script ~ I saw Jimmy toss a manuscript absent mindedly into the trash can. I am his human cousin, Corrine. I ran over and fished it out. I specify human because in his world, Jimmy and his Hopi wife Shewuma, are known as Hybrids. Enhanced humans laced with Alien DNA and bred to, as I understand it, defend Mankind against Aliens, Demons, Genetic Freaks… it’s a long crazy story. That’s why I have been after him to document his life.“What is this Jimmy?”“You’ve been harping on me to keep a journal. I thought a movie would be better....

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~ Help Wanted ~

Jim Parker

Submitted to Contest #305

~ Help Wanted ~ Cap’n Dick sat in his living room on a kitchen chair turned backwards, his mighty arms crossed on the top of the seat back. To his right behind his gargantuan shoulders and belly, his old pal Wishy sat on a couch from the sixties. The couch was still pristine because it had been preserved with a thick plastic cover for the last fifty years. To Cap’n Dick’s left, kicked back in an old and tattered recliner sat Mr. Willie. Thought by many to be the oldest man in Deep Creek, he was even older than Cap’n Dick’s daddy, Beauregard ...

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~ Neither Snow, Nor Rain, Nor Gloom of Night ~

Jim Parker

Submitted to Contest #304

~ Neither Snow, Nor Rain, Nor Gloom of Night ~Mail. This is where it all happens. The Post Office. Citizens are already bustling in and out of the front doors. My pickup is in the shop and I’m running late this cloudy May morning, so my wife is dropping me off at work. We head around to a massive warehouse entirely lined with loading docks. Here in the back lot are two long rows of 50 blue and white Postal Trucks. Uniformly opposite each other and angled away, all looking exactly the same. The scene reminds me of the stripes on a Zebra. The ...

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~ Dead Things, Conclusion ~

Jim Parker

Submitted to Contest #303

~ Dead Things ~~ Conclusion ~ Nuuakhwahu, The Eagle squatted on the ridge of the roof watching the wooded boundary that surrounded the Hybrid Compound: the primary residence, the barn, the Common building and the six guest cottages. He smiled as his Tribesman Chevayo and The Wolf, seasoned and deadly Hopi Star Children checked their weapons and then disappeared, blending into the scenery. The Royal Drachonian Man-At-Arms, Julrex Zanreck Marius of the Remus Magnus Clan, or Will as he was known around the Compound, waited in front of the main ...

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~ Dead Things, Part 3 ~

Jim Parker

~ Dead Things ~~ Part 3 ~ The 26 foot Delivery Box Truck pulled onto the right shoulder of Interstate 64 just outside of Richmond in response to the blue and red flashing lights of a silver Virginia State Police SUV. Trooper Dale Karnes remembered his recent admonishing from the First Sergeant. “Dale you have to stop pulling over citizens for no reason.”“Sarge. Suspicious activity is a reason. Those heads in the back seat ducked as they drove past and …”The Sarge stopped him cold. “You’re observant, your clever. I get it Dale, you want to be...

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~ Girls Night Out ~

Jim Parker

Submitted to Contest #301

~ Girls Night Out ~Debbie paused the Scrooged Christmas movie on TV, stood and claimed the room, “This will only take a second. I have an announcement to make. As we all know Corrine will be turning forty-one tomorrow. There will be a birthday celebration of course,” Debbie let the applause die down and went on. “But tonight Shewuma and I,” Debbie waved her arm to Shewuma, who stood in acknowledgement, “are taking Corrine to celebrate with a girl’s night out.”“All right!” Corrine yelled.“And where would you like to go, Birthday Girl?” Debbie...

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