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John G. Thompson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2026

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Left behind?

Weekly Contest #349

“Please explain to me why we are going to check out this disaster.” Hands on hips, she heard the murmurs of agreement behind her from the 4 other explorers. “Because it hasn’t been looked at before. Duh!” He punctuated his comment by tossing a panel to the side of the opening with a crash. “Duh, indeed. What else do you know? Why aren't we going to one of the “safe” sites?” He stopped looking into the gloom “You could have raised these concerns before we left. Why now?” He dusted off his hands and turned to face her. “Because your de...

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Is a hologram real?

Weekly Contest #348

The pair moved carefully through the woods. At the meadow tree line they stopped and crouched. “Why did you decide to drag me along on this, this” She raised her binoculars and started scanning to the left.. “Exploration.” He raised his binoculars and started scanning to the right. “Fine, exploration. Again, why me?” She lowered her binoculars and fixed an intense stare at him. He felt it, but it didn’t bother him. He’d grown up near it and her mother’s was much worse. “You want the truth or a lie.” “You lie and I’ll kill you here and...

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What is a human?

Weekly Contest #348

My daily session with my therapist. Daily? Yea, daily. It was that or a heavier dose of the mood stabilizer. I didn’t like the fuzzy feeling from the heavier dose. I also knew that I had to do this sooner or later. Doing sooner had already made my life better. So, daily it was. As usual, Dr. Beth Dalton, my psychologist and psychiatrist, simply said. “How are you doing?” I paused instead of starting. I was about to ‘fine’ when the fact that I wasn’t fine crashed into me. “Am I human?” Once again, my mouth outran my mind. “ I...

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The Promise He Would Never Break

Weekly Contest #347

When Kevin started his independent Fixer work, he made himself a promise. If the situation looked … really bad, he would abort, regardless of the cost.It wasn’t that he had an outsized view of his importance in the world. Tera, Ambassador Miller and now Lillian made sure he was kept in check. Busy bodies, the lot of them. He knew what he was doing.Rather, it was a simple calculation. If he lived, he would have further chances to help and save people. Callus? Yeah, I suppose so. But this world wasn’t all that hospitable in general, so he figu...

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