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Jeremy C Kester

Jeremy C Kester

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  • Novels
    • The Good Teacher
    • Remember the Yorktown (Gravity 1)
    • The Dangerous Life of Agnes Pyle
  • short stories
    • Into Fire’s Den
    • Farm Life Lost
  • PoemsPoems by Jeremy C Kester
    • Change of Seasons: Selected Poems
    • varied degrees of darkness: selected poems
  • Bandaged

    a flash fiction story Cutting food is not a good time to get distracted Bandagedby Jeremy C Kester Sharp. It was sharp. Both the pain and the object causing it. Delilah put down the small knife and sucked on her hand at the place the blade cut her. She wasn’t certain how it happened other…

    Jeremy C Kester

    August 21, 2026
    short stories
    family, fiction, flash fiction, independent writing, life, literature, regret, short story, writing
  • Opposite Motives

    Opposite Motives

    a poem I strive to know howTo push steps forwardEven while progress movesDirectionless to my desires Shall I give up here and nowChanging my aim towardAnother thing in safer grovesTo beat this feeling stuck in mires Sanity welcomes both in towWork and laziness in simple awardBenefits found both behoovesYet truly only one inspires Photo and…

    Jeremy C Kester

    August 19, 2026
    Poems
    contemporary poem, independent writing, literature, poem, poetry, writer, writing
  • Disconnected

    Disconnected

    an essay Life surrounds us, continually moving through space and time as we sit in front of narrow windows displaying pixelated fantasies to our already beleaguered senses. I think about this myself as my fingers once again obey what feels like automated motions, swiping along on the phone to move onto another image, another video,…

    Jeremy C Kester

    August 14, 2026
    Essays
    essay, independent writing, life, marketing, philosophy, social media, writer, writerslife, writing
  • An Old Friend

    An Old Friend

    a poem Stupidity holds its placeMy mind its breeding groundI cannot help but let itAn old friend it has becomeThe kind who enters freelyGreeting your motherBefore finding youNo invitation ever neededThe say “hello” almost foolishlyAs they feel a part of youA sibling who lives thereGrowing older as you stay in touchMaybe follow jobs or schoolAlways…

    Jeremy C Kester

    August 11, 2026
    Poems
    contemporary poem, creativity, independent writing, life, poem, poet, poetry, writerslife, writing, writing poetry
  • Riptide

    Riptide

    a flash fiction story Now, normally I would simply fill this area in with some sort of description of the story, but given the topic, I need a bit more explaining. Multiple members of my family, including my father, have tried and/or succeeded in committing suicide. It’s a topic I return to in various ways,…

    Jeremy C Kester

    July 17, 2026
    short stories
    family, fiction, flash fiction, independent writing, life, literature, short story, suicide, writing
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