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Jack Simon

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2025

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The Big Show (or: The Ritual of S--)

Submitted to Contest #323

CW: Sexual references "Hello," said the man without a face. "Funny us meeting this way, I must admit." In all of Margaret's life-- she was 20 now, though all the bars across the north side of Jersey were convinced that she was at least 21, by some clever maneuvering on her part that won't be mentioned specifically-- she had never seen a man with no face before. It was quite a sight. He seemed nice enough, though. "Hello again," she said. "Here you go." She handed him her ticket, and he proceeded to stamp it with a stapler-thing that made it...

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Pages Taken Out of a Journal Behind a Diner in Kansas

Submitted to Contest #313

Monday I left them a letter, so they’ll know why I’m going. I didn’t tell them where, though, so they won’t be able to follow me. I first planned on just walking the whole way, but, once my original enthusiasm for the idea had worn down a bit, and once I started to get hungry, I stopped by the side of the road and held out my thumb. Not expecting much of it, I was about to turn to walk back to the gas station I’d seen about a mile before when somebody actually stopped. It was a big truck, with a big man sitting in front who had a...

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