johnjgeddes
johnjgeddes.bsky.social
johnjgeddes
@johnjgeddes.bsky.social
writer, author of A Familiar Rain, Epiphany. Former Curriculum Dean and Department Head. Can be found on X, Goodreads and anywhere people use my quotes to hawk their wares

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Eve in the Garden ...The Oldest Temptation

Eve tempted Adam by going apple picking…

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December 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Alter Ego ...James Darke, International Man of Mystery

I spent my life constructing an avatar of somebody else inside my head.

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December 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Woman in the Wind ...Buffeted but not Broken

A jolt stronger than wind gusts bent but didn't break me.

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November 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Affirmations …Mind over Matter?

Do affirmations and good vibrations bring success?

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November 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Careless Love ...A Tale of a Failed Beginning

She was forewarned against men, so this was how it was bound to end

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November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Revisiting the Past …Part 5 …Finale

Entangled but separated spatially, we ended up mirroring each other…

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November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Cover-up ...Conspiracy of Silence

I may be mystified and misshapen, and misinformed… but not mistaken.

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November 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Nights With My Ghost ...Part 2 ...Spirit Spouse

Can’t resolve my feelings between Faith and Robyn, or solve the Dorm Murders and a killer is due to strike again

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November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Thought Reader ....Finale ...A Meeting of Minds

The secrets of a woman lie not in her brain but men who behold her mystery

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November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Thought Reader ….Part 3 ...Brain Waves

All these old-time inventors building. machines to decode brain waves from the living and the dead…

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November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Anatomy of a Killer ...Monsters Among us

We fear monsters because we fear the darker parts of ourselves…

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November 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Día de lo Muertos ...Finale ...Communicating With the Dead

We communicated across the Great Divide—wirelessly, by telephony—soul to soul

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November 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Dirty Little Secrets ...Part 15 ...Calling the Shots

We have to be disciplined and patient. It's the only way we can bring Pollock to justice

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October 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Dirty Little Secrets …Part 5 ...Reporting as a Subversive Activity

Mer was right, Pollock was ruthless and it wouldn't help matters if we both ended up dead

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October 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Dirty Little Secrets ..Part 4 ...Exposing the Enigma

Pollock was more than a creep, he was an existential threat to the city and nation

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October 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Dirty Little Secrets ...Part1 ...Political Muckraking

Everyone’s trying to cover up dirty little secrets, but it’s no longer easy to bury embarrassing missteps

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October 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Predetermined ...Finale ...Guided by Fate

I'm being contacted in dreams by a mysterious woman

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October 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Life Change …Finale ...Persistent Obsession

Still haunted by a beautiful witch and her familiar…

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October 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Life Change …Part 2 ...Spellbound

I felt I was losing my mind. What was real and what was a dream?

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October 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Life Change ...Part 1 …Pure Madness

I could deal with a wraith searching for her cat—but a madman with a bat? I feared for my life

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October 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The Stars of Youth …Finale ...Making Amends

You can't change the past but you can change your future…

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October 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The Stars of Youth ..Part7 ...Plunging Stock Value

I feel like Prufrock, afraid to disturb the universe

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October 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The Stars of Youth …Part 6 …High Risk, High Yield

This high-risk investment might eventually result in a high yield.

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October 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The Stars of Youth …Part 4 …Transference of Spirit

Sensing my Fate, I gave a queer laugh—the short, cynical snort of a jaded man

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October 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Night Fright …Finale …Testing a Myth

Monsters from ancient peat bogs resurrect and pursue us again…

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September 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM