Tag: creative writing

• Boys & Girls: Part I – Chapter 1 – Zero Day

  August 25th, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA Zero Day It was roughly an hour before the school day started, and Kinsky High was empty save for a few early-bird wanderers. When Lukas pulled up in his car, the parking lot was almost entirely empty. He picked a spot close to the front gate. Out in the…

  Jacob Robinson

  January 18, 2025

  Boys & Girls

  books, coming of age, creative writing, fiction, fiction books, mystery, romance, story, writing, ya, ya books

• Boys & Girls: Part I – Chapter 0 – The Birthday Party

  July 19th, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA The Birthday Party It was the time of day when the sun cast its last golden hue before retiring for the night. An old red pickup truck drove up and parked along a dirt road outside an old two-story home. A young girl came out from the driver’s seat.…

  Jacob Robinson

  January 11, 2025

  Boys & Girls

  books, coming of age, creative writing, fiction, fiction books, mystery, romance, story, writing, ya, ya books

• Anti-Dead

  When I was about 9 years old, there was this kid in my afterschool program named Tem. I didn’t know him particularly well since he hung out with a completely different set of kids than I did, and he was in a grade below mine. The only stuff I really knew about him was that…

  Jacob Robinson

  May 10, 2024

  Shorts/Archive

  books, creative writing, fiction, horror, short-stories, short-story, writing

• The Night Me and Your Mama Met

  Excerpted from the Are You “Different”? collection. … Sometime in the summer of 2021 I was invited to a party at a beach mansion in Southern California. It placed me in an odd spot because I rarely received such invitations, and I even more rarely accepted them. What caused me to respond to this one…

  Jacob Robinson

  May 3, 2024

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  books, creative writing, fiction, romance, short-stories, short-story, writing

• The Great Watcher

  Excerpted from the Are You “Different”? collection. … There’s a story that’s been passed down by native Indians up near Preston about The Great Watcher.  It’s a revenant of sorts, a spirit which chases those who commit the vilest sins to their doom. It is said that, within those woods, The Great Watcher drives all…

  Jacob Robinson

  April 26, 2024

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  books, creative writing, fiction, short-stories, short-story, writing

• Grey Area

  Excerpted from the Are You “Different”? collection. … Fox awoke from his bed in the morning. He checked his messages. | Call me. Now. It was from Serah. The abruptness of it all was enough to jolt him awake. Still under the blankets, he sent out a response. | what about? whats up? There was…

  Jacob Robinson

  April 19, 2024

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  creative writing, fiction, short-stories, short-story, writing

• Visions

  Excerpted from the Are You “Different”? collection. … Katie plugged in her headphones and felt the bus lurch forward as the trip to the lodge began. Each winter break, her and a group of college friends would get together for a lodge trip. Their typical choice, the Fairweather Lodge, was decidedly not fair weather this…

  Jacob Robinson

  April 12, 2024

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  creative writing, fiction, short-stories, short-story, writing

• Baby Bird – Act III

  Return to the main page. Return to Act II. “Okay. You guys ready?” Mary-Ann and Rocko looked at each other. Rocko’s face was creased with nervousness, while Mary-Ann looked almost excited. They looked back. “Ready,” they said in unison. Melanie sighed. She looked down at the faux-wood gum-lined conference table in front of her, took…

  Jacob Robinson

  February 16, 2024

  Baby Bird

  college, coming of age, creative writing, fiction, fiction books, mature, short-stories, short-story, writing