John Carpenter

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2020

Stories (5)

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“Richard Stays With Us” by John Carpenter

Submitted to Contest #96

CW: suicide *** It was a day in spring, near the end of the school year. That was the day that Richard put his knife to his throat. The Principal of the High School was called to the home where Richard was staying, to see if he could talk Richard out of suicide. It was Senior Skip Day at the High School, so I was home the whole day, when somehow word got to me that something was going on at the Slade’s. I knew Richard from school, and we had become friends. We went on the lake in an old b...

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“Rules Are There For A Reason” by John Carpenter

Submitted to Contest #94

Our examination of the 6 worlds was supposed to be incognito. Our space wheel had reflective technology which cloaked our little home away from home so that we could watch. We were there to secretly monitor the election of the Grand Leader of the Six Worlds, an election that is supposed to occur every 7 years.I was the Commander of that mission: My name is Tom Durfee. With me were my Communications officer Sam Oliver, Staff Lieutenants Martha Bachman and Sally Carty and our morale officer, Satchewon Pillingly.The event that ...

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“Let Me Out of Here!” by John Carpenter

Submitted to Contest #91

Billy! Billy Lockwood! What? Well sure, no bother, come on over! Sit yonder on the old swing and I’ll get us some lemonade. We got the sun beatin’ down on us now, so no lawn mowin’ right now. What? No well I can’t hear you from here, let me go in and get the lemonade, I’ll…what?...Oh just be patient, I’ll be out in no time with that lemonade, now I hope he waits out there. It won’t take me long to make it, and he better not run along in the meanwhile, after I take all the effort to... Well…hmm, I was sure...

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“Brother Thomas Plans A Trip” by John Carpenter

Submitted to Contest #89

Brother Thomas was a curious person… Not that he was a curiosity, but that he had curiosity. For his time, which was the 12th Century, he would have been considered educated. But education can only take a fellow so far. What Tom lacked was wisdom.Of course, wisdom comes with age and experience, or so people have been led to believe, and I won’t contradict them. Tom had not much of either wisdom or experience in his young life.Tom became a monk, and learned the skill of the scribe. Books were not plentiful in the a...

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“An Apple Is An Apple” by John Carpenter

Submitted to Contest #63

Larry and Janice at the apple farm again. Just a short drive down the highway from Cincinnati...a big farm.Janice grabs a coat, a sweater, and insists in taking their own ladder.Larry puts on his red flannel and is ready to go."Why do you want to put the ladder in for?" asks Larry."Why not be prepared?" responds Janice."Prepared for what? Do you think you're gon'na climb up in an apple tree?"But Janice was a go-getter. So in the ladder went."You never know," says Janice. "You never know."

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Author bio

I am an international competition winning pianist, radio broadcaster, and teacher of piano and broadcasting topics. I reside in Cincinnati, and teach piano at ArtsConnect Cincinnati and online. I have played piano coast to coast. I broadcast on WAIF Radio my "Music Making Together" program, about individual empowerment, community involvement and great music. 8-10 pm Eastern, Monday night at 88.3 FM in Cincinnati and online at https://radio.securenetsystems.net/ce/WAIF