John Carpenter

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2020

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“Slippin' and Slidin'” by John Carpenter

Submitted to Contest #77

Slippin’ and Slidin’Up in Michigan, there is a lot of lake effect winter.Larry no longer lives there. His career takes him and Janice to Cincinnati. They raise their three kids there, and the only reason this is mentioned is that as a rule, there is very little snow in a Cincinnati season, compared to Larry’s old stomping grounds in Southwest Michigan.At some point back at Michigan, it is time to clean out Larry’s folk’s house. Larry and Janice go up there from Cincy with a small U Haul, thinking not t...

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“A Letter From Me” by John Carpenter

Submitted to Contest #75

Your Excellency, I have been living in this monastery for 18 years. The brothers have been good to me. I think that I must be around 50 years old. I wandered onto the lands of the monastery, and was allowed to stay. I find that I like a life of contemplation and work making the beer for which the monastery is renowned and which allows us to be left alone in the main. I don’t want to think much, and it is ...

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“Jumping King Delbert” by John Carpenter

Submitted to Contest #73

King Delbert III was a good king…his subjects were happy and he treated them very fairly, for a King. The Princes of the realm, the Earls, the Squires, most of the Dukes enjoyed going hunting with him, the lavish parties…the tournaments that were held every Christmas on the dot; and they admired also his beautiful Queen, the flower of her realm, a fresh rose in the spring, a blossom of summer, the radiance of fall and the glowing light of winter. The Kingdom of Excelsior was just about the most cheerful place among all the kingd...

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Author bio

I am an international competition winning concert pianist and piano teacher. I have a weekly program on WAIF Radio in Cincinnati, where I discuss individual empowerment, community involvement and play great music. I became a Trustee there in 2019. I have been employed over ten years in the Church Music field, and have appeared in about 1000 church services as Organist, Conductor, Singer. I have performed 3 times at Carnegie Hall and have played with orchestras and many other venues. I studied play writing with Edward Albee and wrote plays for two years, and then I had nothing more to say. I have been published in Clavier Companion (now called Piano Magazine) Clavier, Catholic Telegraph, Common Cause Magazine, and a few others here and there. I have written several songs and one multi-movement work for two pianos. I am married, with two sons, a daughter, two grandchildren and a cat.