Tag: short-story

• Boys & Girls: Part I – Chapter 39 — The Ball

  December 13th, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA The Ball The Kinsky High Winter Ball was a minor event, for the most part. Wedged between the two biggest events of the year, it did not provide the communal launching off point which Homecoming had, nor the grandiose flair of Prom. Rather it was a smaller, intimate event,…

  Jacob Robinson

  October 12, 2025

  Boys & Girls

  books, coming of age, creative writing, fantasy, fiction, fiction books, mystery, romance, short-story, 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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• 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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• 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

• 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…

  Jacob Robinson

  April 5, 2024

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  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

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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

  February 14, 2024

  Baby Bird

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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…

  Jacob Robinson

  February 12, 2024

  Baby Bird

  coming of age, fiction, fiction books, mature, short-story