HeyJaredAki's Word of Mouth
Dedicating this Substack to my Short Stories that I wrote during my commute
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- Sep 3, 2026
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- Aug 2, 2026
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So...Are You Going To Eat...That? (opens the original)
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CW: Dark humour, depiction of food poisoning, death, hunting and being hunted.“Thank you to all who made it back to this gathering alive this moon cycle. I shall begin taking attendance... Hold on, my eyesight has never been the same since eating those white blooming flowers…”This Egalitarian group of Homo Erectus would be our ancestors’ ancestors. They obviously did not have Google, Wikipedia, or Reddit to look up what was edible and what would make you croak mid-chew. It was essential for data
Are We There Yet? (opens the original)
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Racing along the circuitous Highway 14, the high beam of the 79’ Mercury was swallowed by the enormity of New Mexico’s arid desert. The only ones awake at this hour was the driver and the disgruntled co-pilot, who kept fiddling with the radio frequency.“Oh, goddamn it!! Nothing is coming on. It’s all static, the gospel, or Alien conspiracies for hours.”The driver, fighting his own fatigue, firmly pressed his index finger to his lips and urged the front passenger to whisper, since those in the ba
Bite The Hand That Feeds... (opens the original)
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CW: Inspired by classic German Folktales, popularized by the Brothers Grimm.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1280" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Lpub!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3
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