Scott Jackson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2019

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“Jacket Mystery” by Scott Jackson

Submitted to Contest #18

Growing up I loved to visit my grandparents. My family lived 10 hours by car away from them so our visits usually involved a holiday like Thanksgiving or Christmas. I really did not like the fact we lived so far away when I was young but now realize the distance and limited frequency made the visits all the more special. I did not understand why my cousins who lived just blocks from my grandparents never seemed excited to be at their house. But do now. It was commonplace for them and not seen as a special occasion. It was just another day ov...

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“Memories” by Scott Jackson

Submitted to Contest #11

I don’t recall what I thought as I was being carried away in the arms of a person I will never know but I do recall the feeling of being loved even though the person holding me was a total stranger. After surviving for 2 years in Bergen-Belsen, the last year alone as my mother had died in the camp, I was being rescued. I entered the camp at the age of 4. I left at the age of 6 but the camp has never left me. Now 75 years later I was returning to the place where so many died including my father and my mother. I have grown to be thankful that ...

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