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Jim Parker

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2024

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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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~ Dead Things, Part 2 ~

Jim Parker

Submitted to Contest #300

~ DEAD THINGS ~ ~ Part Two ~TW: Contains themes of violence, sexual abuse, and self-harmApproaching the front door prompted Meta to ask for identification from the 9 foot Giant. Lucuis ignored the request and tried the knob. An electric shock that would incapacitate a normal man caused him to snatch his hand back. It pissed him off more than hurt. He kicked the door in easily and ducked low to enter. He was pleasantly surprised to find 10 foot ceilings. He loved the old houses. Meta’s voice rang throughout. “I am calling 911. You are being r...

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~ Dead Things, Part 1 ~

Jim Parker

Submitted to Contest #299

~ DEAD THINGS ~ ~ Part One ~“How lucky can a girl get?” Doreen Svoboda asked herself out loud. She continued on, driving her corvette over crunching gravel and through the open gates of Witch Hazel Acres. What was once a working dairy farm was now her sprawling estate. Cattle still roamed the outer grounds as she leased most of her land to the Blue-Eyed Mary Cattle Ranch next door. Next door in this context meaning six miles down the road. The 110 year old, 2 story farm house was completely renovated and updated with not only modern convenie...

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~ Transformation ~

Jim Parker

Submitted to Contest #298

~ The Transformation ~Feeling formidable and flush after their victory over Lucifer’s Drachonian insurrection, Debbie, Jimmy and Shewuma walked out of Lucifer’s temple into the darkening twilight of the valley. Cap’n Dick was guarding the building’s exit. He pulled his harpoon but shouldered it when he recognized them.“Granddaddy!” Jimmy exclaimed, relieved to see him alive. Jimmy hugged him and kissed his stumbly cheek.“Proud of you, Boy.”“Where’s Papa?”Cap’n Dick shook his head solemnly. His great grandfather was dead. Jimmy could hardly b...

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~ Time As We Know It ~

Jim Parker

Submitted to Contest #297

~ Time As We Know It ~Two armed and Human looking Hybrid mercenaries from Deep Creek ran through the darkness of a tunnel deep under the Earth’s crust. An unusual sight in the Bloworld, as most called it. Massive shouldered Cap’n Dick moved effortlessly in spite of his stout limbs and rotund belly. His fit, hard, Grandson Jimmy, ran alongside carrying their crippled Drachonian guide piggybacked, a Lizard Man named Glocken of the Corca Achte Clan.Surface dwellers with their imperialistic convictions, hegemonic caste systems and penchant for w...

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