Tag: creative writing
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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
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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
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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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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