Fiction

Here is a collection of all the fiction written by or published by Jarrett S. Smith

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Letty Rose and the Mistaken Identity: Chapter 3

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Letty Rose and the Mistaken Identity: Chapter 2

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Letty Rose and the Mistaken Identity: Chapter 1

The Stakeout The roof felt more sterile and work-like than she hoped. Each second she stayed there felt like an hour. Letty’s expectations about the stakeout on top of the building felt more exciting than reality. When she had found herself on a roof before, she had been in the throes of passion and a

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The lock of a door.

The Door

I’ve been trying to really work on my creative writing this year, and to do that, I’ve been entering weekly contests over at Reedsy. I liked this short story, so I wanted to post it here. Prompt: Write a story about someone who finds a secret passageway in their house. “Are you sure it’s up

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First Draft Finished!

Yesterday, I finished the first draft of the book I started for NaNoWriMo 2018. I’m planning on calling it Letty Rose and The Murder Next Door. As happy as I am to finish the first draft of my second novel, I still have a long way to go. As the saying goes, your first draft

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Intro to Letty Rose and the Murder Next Door

Her hands were shaking.   She took a deep breath, held it, and finally let it out.  Grasping the edges of the sink, she leaned forward.  She tried to steady herself. How long has it been? A couple of days? She rubbed her nose and looked at herself in the mirror.  Her red hair coiffed

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NaNo check in​ – day 3

Time for a NaNoWriMo Check-in: It’s day three of NaNoWriMo and I’m already behind. Luckily, I’m not too far behind and I’ll have some time this weekend to make up that pace (I hope).  I’m surprised at how much I have actually been able to write so far.  This time last week, I thought I’d

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Helix

It’s been a second or two since I’ve had the chance to work on anymore horror short stories. Between the Apple Event and planning for NaNoWriMo I haven’t been able to actually write and edit. So I did want anyone would do, I asked someone else. Here is: Helix By Deena Edwards “You take right,

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NaNo Prep – The last act

I’m going to keep this one pretty short and sweet tonight. You know the drill by now, after all.  We’ve filled in Acts 1 with scenes that answered the questions you had about your character.  We split Act 2 building our characters up and knocking them down.   When last we left, our character was headed

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