Joe Lynch

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2023

Stories (2)

2 Stories

48 karma pts

?

“My Protagonist; an inflictor of sorrow.” by Joe Lynch

Submitted to Contest #183

*** Warning...desperately needed profanity, just a little. ***My Protagonist; an inflictor of sorrow.His names John; John Wilson. Professor Wilson to his adoring students, especially Alondra. To me he’s simply a fuck pot, an agitator, a lone saboteur of my work in progress.He is becoming the bane of my existence. Its simply not working out, he’s changed so much from chapter one…we’re just too different. He’s also the main character in my ongoing novel, “The Reasoning,” though I’m thinking of changing it to... “The life and slow death of a fa...

4 comments 4
Read story

“The Notion” by Joe Lynch

Submitted to Contest #181

The Notion.I glanced at him, careful-like. Didn’t want him to notice me noticing him. He swaggered into the kitchen, giving me that look, his brown eyes narrowing. I could feel my fingers tingle. He still had that effect on me even after all these years. I lifted my glass of Rosé wine, the cheaper kind, nothing too fancy, we didn’t do fancy too often. Kids had been away from six. I could hear him rattling the oven door, checking his food.When we met, he was a real popular guy. Had loads of girlfriends and loads of history. I Ignored it. We w...

11 comments 11
Read story

Author bio

Started writing during covid, I'm sixty this year and dyslexic. I'm working on a political sci-fi novel...hopefully finished in next two months. I have two cats, Mochie who's two and Cocoa seven months. Fifty seven years wasted not having a cat!