John Lynn

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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“The Train” by John Lynn

Submitted to Contest #168

THE TRAINGarry Marek sighed as he turned his head to watch raindrops chase each other in frantic loops around the window before being whisked away into the night. Peace reigned at last after a noisy crowd of boarding school boys on their way back to Cornham College had piled off at the last stop. As the train picked up speed on the way down to Riversham, the carriage swayed slightly to the rhythmic sound of the wheels on the rails, and clouds of smoke and steam from the old locomotive billowed past as it was caught by the wind swirling throu...

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“Invasion” by John Lynn

Submitted to Contest #117

Invasion As Aubrey Bailey slowed to enter the town of Ballyfrack he was pleased to see a hotel sign lit by an overhead street light and made up his mind there and then if there was accommodation available he would stop for the night. The meeting with the solicitor had taken far too long which meant he’d been caught up in rush hour traffic along the canal, then there was a big tailback because of roadworks followed by a ten mile an hour tractor that wouldn’t move over. So now he was running almost two hours behind schedule, it was already ...

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Author bio

I was born in Ireland, but I've lived in several countries including Canada, the US, and Spain. I presently live in England with my wife Sher. I studied photojournalism at NYU in the late eighties and I've worked freelance most of my life.