Jack Wilder
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since: 01-28-04, id: 395200, Profile Updated: 03-22-11
country: USA
Author has written 67 stories for Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Fable, Thriller, Humor, General, Biography, Mystery, Essay, Supernatural, Play, Horror, Life, War, Fantasy, and General.

The reluctant grins and the colorful well-timed metaphors-- do the two, in fact, blend?

Rather than lead you through the maze riddling out some 'character sketch' of my personae,

here are the only tokens you'll ever need to understand(vaguely at least) my presence here:

1. I write seldomly and without clear endings.

2. In the mostly mortal words of Lydia Deetz: "I myself am strange and unusual."

3. I'm always thrilled/amused/perplexed/confuddled/...emmm pleased when others find my prose-ian scratches palatable and fairly agreeable.

Thank you. Let us continue on with the feast, hmm?

And then there was some official mumbo-jumbo:

Jack Wilder (id: 395200) : All works are Copyrighted 2007-2011, protected/distributed through the Creative Commons License.


1. Putting It Off
Thinking about time lately.. apologies for the lack of line breaks. Fictionpress hates that apparently. There should be a standard 4 lines between breaks. Please keep this in mind when reading-
Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 138 - Published: 8-27-12 - Complete
2. Blink Back The Dream reviews
What comes of listening closely..
Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Drama/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 133 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-20-12 - Complete
3. A Truth of the Deep Blue
I was feeling more like myself tonight.. This came of it- Sometimes you cannot rely on a summary box to explain what lives in you. *Please forgive the odd dot dashes..silly FP wasn't allowing line breaks..had to do a workaround-*
Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 181 - Published: 4-6-12 - Complete
4. Night Life of a Dream reviews
Hard to explain..one of my brief block breaks from 2011. Suppose I'd forgotten to post it..only just found it tonight.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 135 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-29-12 - Complete
5. My Evening Edition reviews
Was in a good mindscape today. Yes, it's another poem, but the best way to get your footing back is to start with the slow and familiar. This one just sorta came easy which doesn't often equate to revealing much, I'm sure. ..
Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 142 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1-29-12 - Complete
6. 15 Life Answers Discovered In Films reviews
My output lately has been a bit diminished, so I submit this list I put together a week ago..just occurred to me on the way to work... Think it's good enough for a submit..
Fiction: Essay - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,744 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-21-11 - Complete
7. Stopping The Hourglass At Half
I sometimes weary of the worry. Reclaiming myself seems a recurring theme.
Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Spiritual/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 142 - Published: 9-11-11 - Complete
8. all the king's horses
A little poetic licensing on the trials and tribs of one Humpty Dumpty..
Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 104 - Published: 7-25-11 - Complete
9. What Remains reviews
A good conversation with bestie about talent and doubting oneself..and the truth that tends to linger when everything's stripped away.. Not a short story or my longest poem, but definitely feels good to get anything out there..so..yeah..
Poetry: Life - Rated: M - English - Hurt/Comfort/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 86 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 7-11-11 - Complete
10. Doug Chameleon reviews
Exercise from tonight- It's about a compulsive liar that happens to be really bad at lying...but might just get better. It's a "random scene in my head" type scrap.
Fiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Humor/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 468 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-21-11
11. The Palm Tree Incognito » reviews
Started writing this half serious go at tropical noir a little bit ago for a friend.. Looks like I'm still picking at it..2011 revised prologue & new chapter starter..
Fiction: Mystery - Rated: T - English - Mystery/Parody - Chapters: 2 - Words: 669 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-22-11 - Published: 8-29-10
12. Another Laugh: A RomaComedy in Three Acts
On going playscript that's been in drafts for a few months now..cute story, a few nods to some movies..but mostly it's about the characters..some are based on real people..others are an amalgam of personalities I've encountered..I still pick at this one..
Fiction: Play - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,588 - Updated: 2-16-11 - Published: 10-28-07
13. Regaining The Reigns
I prefer posting prose, but since that's not happening lately, here's a verbal battle between myself and I submitted through a few brief lines of the poetic persuasion. Or something like that.
Poetry: War - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 138 - Published: 2-3-11 - Complete
14. Poetic Introspective: 2000 to 2010 »
A collection of poems I've written between 2000-2010. Some good. Some terrible. Some pretty great. 10 years.
Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 9 - Words: 6,686 - Published: 10-23-10 - Complete
15. End Sequence reviews
Really don't know how this came about or where it's headed. Sometimes you just need to exercise the writer-mind or else it tends to atrophy..
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 336 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 10-22-10
16. A Blind Spot in the Mind's Eye reviews
A version of a person locked in his own mind.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 233 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-17-10
17. Double Feature »
One that I've been kicking around for a few.. It's about two best friends that were really into movies as kids.. long convos about the characters.. especially heroes and villians.. *Update- Extended the story quite a bit for a 2009 Nanowrimo attempt-
Fiction: Thriller - Rated: T - English - Suspense/Humor - Chapters: 2 - Words: 6,945 - Updated: 1-18-10 - Published: 3-25-07
18. Our Time
Deceased Uncle leaves a last present to his favorite niece and nephew- Gave this a quick write to see if I could still do long form..guess I can.
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Drama/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,114 - Published: 11-8-09
19. The Spontaneous Recreation of Man
Wrote this sometime ago at a job-was trying to get a better understanding of myself and the worlds I create.
Fiction: Essay - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,427 - Published: 9-24-09 - Complete
20. Mother Goose Exposed » reviews
Mother Goose, stripped down and exposed for she is.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Parody - Chapters: 6 - Words: 6,460 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-24-09
21. Reversal
Pretty drunk. Made a fatal error the evening before. We begin with the aftermath.
Fiction: General - Rated: M - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 249 - Published: 9-24-09
22. While You Weren't Looking reviews
What drives you? ..or better question.. Who?
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 545 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-7-09
23. Taking A Stand Before Me
A recurring conflict in me.
Fiction: Biography - Rated: K+ - English - Hurt/Comfort/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 432 - Published: 2-19-09 - Complete
24. Haphazardly
Eight months, and I finally break the silence with this little blurb... Jonas was a jester. A proper fool. He wasn't one to take things too seriously. She asked him to sober up. Then things got tricky.
Fiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Humor/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 348 - Published: 11-7-08
25. The Parting Gift
Recent- To properly sum this one up: imagine a story created from cobbled up versions of Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz and Phantom of the Opera. That's basically what this is..sectionals from those three. It's the best way I can put it.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: M - English - Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 348 - Published: 3-3-08
26. Just Another Day
Recent one.. Getting some hell at another site over it..figured it easier to post it here. It's basically an 'I,Lucifer' type of humanizing him but without intentional redemption. Wants to experience falling in love with someone pure. Pretty fun to write.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: M - English - Spiritual/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 404 - Published: 3-3-08
27. SwitchTrack
Recent one. Every time I pass the train station, the time and date are usually 8 years behind..figured I work up a tale about that.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 564 - Published: 3-3-08
28. The Crimson Chord
Composer dealing with lover's recent death..despair..and a motorcycle. Sound like the beginnings of a rock opera? You bet it is. And that's just what he creates.
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 547 - Published: 3-3-08
29. Plasmatic Wonderland
Recent fluff..but amusing to work on.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 216 - Published: 3-3-08
30. Karmatose
Another fairly recent one. Feels like a twins beyond the grave mystery type..The characters came pretty easy in this one. Still picking it at.
Fiction: Mystery - Rated: M - English - Mystery/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 573 - Published: 3-3-08
31. About Face
A new one...it's a bare bones Jack The Ripper story...you'll note the this opening sequence is subtle about it..was going to try to ride that out until it was entirely necessary to let it be known that it's him. Don't usually do horror...feels pretty good
Fiction: Horror - Rated: T - English - Horror/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 324 - Published: 3-3-08
32. Finding Jim Kahuna
Wrote this one at a recent former job during training. As I wasn't learning anything, I figured writing a short would be in order..Had help with this one..Thanks, unnamed coworker henceforth known as B. What is it about? It's finished and I still know not
Fiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Humor/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11,448 - Published: 1-16-08 - Complete
33. The True Story of Eggs Benedict » reviews
A man misunderstood..a man thats owed his due...a conspiracy..How do you like your eggs?This is his story.
Fiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Humor/Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 1,185 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-28-07
34. Whispering Confessions »
Longest work I've ever written.. was definitely going somewhere with this..but it fell away.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: M - English - Sci-Fi/Drama - Chapters: 6 - Words: 10,498 - Updated: 3-26-07 - Published: 3-25-07
35. The Painted Word Collection »
Interconnecting stories with different parts written each week.. Concept was good, but never really took off..
Fiction: Fable - Rated: T - English - Humor/Adventure - Chapters: 4 - Words: 1,527 - Updated: 3-26-07 - Published: 3-25-07
36. The Last Winter »
Still not sure what this is exactly.. Feels like FollyWander, that's why it was left up in the air.. It still looks like it ties into that story..almost like another part, a different dimension...or perhaps just another story in that story.. Not sure.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Chapters: 3 - Words: 1,856 - Published: 3-26-07
37. The Day Before Yesterday »
Half angsty I'm bored at my job, and hate my boss, half scifi romance. Complete one, but soso at best.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Sci-Fi/Romance - Chapters: 3 - Words: 3,241 - Published: 3-26-07 - Complete
38. Squatter's Tale »
There was much more to this story..but lost the hard copy file.. It's a bit weak in some spots, but the concept was very cool. Half Neverending Story, half Cool World.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: M - English - Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Chapters: 2 - Words: 2,255 - Published: 3-26-07
39. Once Over Shorts »
At the time, it felt like I was writing as a terminally ill man writing about his ideas on life.. If I were to pick this back up, this idea would most likely continue.
Fiction: Essay - Rated: M - English - Humor/Drama - Chapters: 6 - Words: 1,923 - Published: 3-26-07
40. Le Resistance! »
Another at work story, but this one was way better than the others...a good lot of it is nonfiction..what parts I won't say.
Fiction: Humor - Rated: M - English - Humor/Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 3,172 - Published: 3-26-07
41. Kaleidoscopes » reviews
A labyrinth type tale.. Guess it was a stale attempt to write a sequel..I don't often write these type, but the idea clicked in my head about making the mortal Jareth pathetic and lonely.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K - English - Fantasy/Drama - Chapters: 4 - Words: 1,531 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-26-07
42. FollyWander » reviews
Tale of a man searching for his true lifeworld... One of my favorites.. Still active.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Humor - Chapters: 6 - Words: 5,546 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 3-26-07 - Published: 3-25-07
43. Elegance's Last Dance »
My strangest yet complete to date. It's just what the title implies.. Despite the layers of this onion, the meaning will be clear at the end.
Fiction: Fable - Rated: M - English - Sci-Fi/Drama - Chapters: 5 - Words: 3,146 - Published: 3-26-07 - Complete
44. All or Nothing »
Odd little ditty..on the surface it's about a man taking justice into his hands.. but under all that, it's just a fantastical delusion helping a man cope with himself..
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Humor - Chapters: 3 - Words: 3,433 - Updated: 3-26-07 - Published: 3-25-07 - Complete
45. Into the Barrier
So little of it to classify.. I suppose it's scifi, though I haven't a clue what's going on.. I'm sure you'll feel the same.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 315 - Published: 3-26-07
46. Dream In Blue
Also feels a bit like FollyWander, wasn't sure if I should pursue it as its own entity or do something with it later..
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 453 - Published: 3-26-07
47. Interconnections
Tale of a recent widower who still writes to his wife..
Fiction: Essay - Rated: T - English - Drama/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 656 - Published: 3-26-07
48. Last Rites reviews
Not sure about this one.. Something very different about the main character and his last few interactions with the Priest trying to save him..
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: M - English - Drama/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 740 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-26-07
49. Madman reviews
Tale of a man who hypnotizes himself so that he doesn't go insane in an office setting. Seems it could be a center piece for the other 'office' story scraps.
Fiction: Mystery - Rated: T - English - Drama/Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 543 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-26-07
50. Original Sin
A prison type of tale..Ruben 'Hurricane' Carter partially inspired this.. The trouble with finishing it is that it finished itself. The last sentence in the first paragraph ended the story's life almost too well.
Fiction: General - Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 103 - Published: 3-26-07
51. Colt Peacemaker
Attempt at doing a first person narrative Western style.. Clearly not my best work, but I still pick at this at the odd moment.
Fiction: Fable - Rated: T - English - Drama/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 960 - Published: 3-26-07
52. The Mural of Sound
You could probably put this and Madman in the same bin.. Scattered writing at work.
Fiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Humor/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 300 - Published: 3-26-07
53. Transition
Wish I knew.. Don't ask, because there's just nothing to be said.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 123 - Published: 3-26-07
54. Uncover
Dark humor office conspiracy type of story.. Probably written at a job like that.. I do alot of those, get bored at boring job write story based on experience.
Fiction: Humor - Rated: M - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 323 - Published: 3-26-07
55. Twice As Blurry
The college reunion story. Didn't take off, guess I was getting a bit sad thinking about a guy who sits in a nostalgic bar where none of his friends show up... Yeah.
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 389 - Published: 3-26-07
56. Awareness
Written for a former roommate of mine.. It still sounds like him to me.
Fiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Drama/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,042 - Published: 3-26-07 - Complete
57. As Deadly As Living reviews
Story scrap. Sometimes I just get little pieces of very cool scenes in my head. This was one of them.
Fiction: Mystery - Rated: T - English - Mystery/Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 121 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-26-07
58. The Bench
A sprinkling of Death Takes A Holiday..
Fiction: Fable - Rated: M - English - Drama/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 388 - Published: 3-26-07
59. Eye of the Inter Shorts
Newest collection of shorts...tried to do a new piece every week. As you may already know, I have a thing for trying out new concepts...and losing interest very quickly. Shame really. I like this one.
Fiction: Mystery - Rated: M - English - Drama/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 314 - Published: 3-26-07
60. Never Forget reviews
Not sure what I was doing with this..but I like the images..
Fiction: Mystery - Rated: M - English - Mystery/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 215 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-26-07
61. Semi Forgotten Days
Vague autobiography type. It's just a puzzle these days.
Fiction: Biography - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 996 - Published: 3-26-07
62. Seamless
Newest doodle. Not sure where its headed..but I like the slithery concept to concept quality it has.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: M - English - Drama/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 368 - Published: 3-26-07
63. Parallels: The Enlightenment
Childish ramble. Another throwaway from creative writ. The concept would've been great, that's why I kept it...Also, it's a good comparison to my more recent workwhich is worth more to me than this 'toilet paper' of a story.
Fiction: Fable - Rated: K+ - English - Sci-Fi/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 840 - Published: 3-26-07 - Complete
64. Mental Straightjacket
Early one. Wrote this in about ten mins for a creative writ class about 8 years ago.. Nothing special about it, just qualified for a last grade. Not proud of its mediocrity, but it did the job.
Fiction: General - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 365 - Published: 3-26-07 - Complete
65. Five O'Clock World
One of my first..This was just a travesty..plain and simple.. Worse yet, it's only a fragment left over from the completed piece.. Good thing too.. I keep it as a reminder that no matter what happens, I'm still a writer at heart.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: K - English - Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 358 - Published: 3-26-07
66. Almondine
Fun fluff...that's about it.. pick at this one occasionally.. It's about the writers of a radio network, very radioland murders but without the murders...
Fiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Humor/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 793 - Published: 3-26-07
67. Turner's Theme reviews
One of my first stories.. Regardless of all its imperfections, the heart of the tale still works..
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,028 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-25-07 - Complete