Tag: fiction
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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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Sorry, We’re Closed
Excerpted from the Are You “Different”? collection. … There was something off about Mr. Ledbetter after his daughter died. It was more than the shakes. Visitors to the garage would comment on it whenever he grasped their ticket, asking if there was something wrong; his hands struggling to insert the ticket into the machine. In…
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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
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Baby Bird – Act II
Return to the main page. Return to Act I. It was around noon the next morning when Melanie finally woke up. The first thing she noticed was that she was on her stomach now, her left cheek resting against her pillow, which had been moved into place. Her whole body felt sore, but in particular…
Jacob Robinson
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Baby Bird – Act I
Return to the main page. Melanie Emilia Shanahan, who preferred to be called Melanie (except by her best friends, who called her “Mel”), was a 19-year old girl with olive skin, oak-brown hair, and a pair of hazel eyes. She was slim and small and always active, but never any good at sports. There was…