Michael Jurasek

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2023

Stories (4)

4 Stories

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“On the Origins of the Archflame” by Michael Jurasek

Submitted to Contest #245

Author's note: This is a scene from a longer piece of high fantasy I'm working on. It's my first shot at lore-building in a fantasy world. Let me know what you think! “Gather round children, gather round,” Yarna instructed, beckoning the youth in the room to her. One-by-one, young faces turned toward the old woman, tearing their attention away from the games of fivestones or wisher’s dice that they were playing. Others, particularly the older ones, peeled their bored gazes away from the scenes of dreary rain and fog outside to look at the wo...

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“The Lantern Keeper ” by Michael Jurasek

Submitted to Contest #227

The sky was gray, and snow fell lazily in large clumps. The light was fading; it would be dark soon. The air was still and not a sound could be heard save for the soft, shallow breathing of the girl in the cloak. She had stopped before the tall iron gate that stood between the world she knew and the one she didn’t. Her eyes scanned up the pickets that towered above her. Fleur-de-lis finials capped the metal rods and cast-iron ivy adorned the bars in scrolls. The girl took a deep breath as she mustered the courage to open the gate and contin...

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“The Last Great Gunslinger ” by Michael Jurasek

Submitted to Contest #213

The reporter stopped before the farmhouse and squinted at the structure while cleaning his glasses. It was a humble, single-story dwelling with a covered porch and tin metal roof. Sliding windows were visible on the front and side of the building and a rusted stovepipe could be seen protruding from a wall at a right angle. Peeling white paint revealed sunbaked wood slats that formed the house’s siding.Now bespectacled, he dabbed some sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and adjusted his bowler hat. He reached down to wipe the dust away fr...

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“A mess at the edge of the universe” by Michael Jurasek

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #187

The morality of a truly all-powerful and omnipotent God has been an object of significant debate between religious scholars and academic philosophers. Those on the side of the almighty, particularly those of the Judeo-Christian variety, contend that an all-powerful-all-seeing god is, by definition, a moral being because his actions work to further an ethereal, eternal plan that only God knows. Their logic further argues that God, maker of all things heaven, earth, in-between, and beyond, is the standard-bearer for morality purely because he ...

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Author bio

Recovering medical student. Amateur writer. Servant to the Lord of Darkness until I've had my second cup of coffee...

Shortlisted 1 story ⭐️

Contest #187

A mess at the edge of the universe – read story