HeyJaredEvery Root, Every Thorn
Genesis McClure writes fiction and essays at the crossroads of memory, myth, and growing up in small American towns. Folk horror, coming-of-age, and nostalgia with teeth. Stories from Every Root, Every Thorn and beyond.
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A Minotaur Named Sue (opens the original)
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PERFUME OF THE DYING TREE CHAPTER INDEX - SHORT STORY INDEX - FALLING PAST THE LAST CHECKPOINTJeff McClure, Minos Stone Labyrinth, Time may or may not exist hereI take a deep breath and I stop fighting.My brain hasn't exactly become any kind of super computer but I know how to read a map. This place is constantly changing where the turns, dead ends, and pat
Penalty Increased For Lack Of Creativity (opens the original)
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PERFUME OF THE DYING TREE CHAPTER INDEX - SHORT STORY INDEX - FALLING PAST THE LAST CHECKPOINTJeff McClure, Minos Stone Labyrinth, Time may or may not exist hereTired of running into dead ends I put the spear on my back and start punching through the stone walls like I am a human bulldozer.“System error! System error! T
Time Isn't Supposed to Exist Here (opens the original)
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PERFUME OF THE DYING TREE CHAPTER INDEX - SHORT STORY INDEX - FALLING PAST THE LAST CHECKPOINTJeff McClure, Whitespace, Dodona's Octagon, Time isn't supposed to exist hereI didn't think time existed here but I found my first gray. Then I look at my hand and it shrivels, wrinkles, turns into dust and falls into a pile like I am Dodona's dead Avatar whose ashes I pi
The Boy Scout's Spear (opens the original)
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PERFUME OF THE DYING TREE CHAPTER INDEX - SHORT STORY INDEX - FALLING PAST THE LAST CHECKPOINTJeff McClure and Dodona's Avatar, Whitespace, Dodona's Octagon, time doesn't exist here“You are cheating!”The treant replica of Jeff with no eyepatch, bright green eyes, thorns all over his naked but genital-free body, facepalms.“It isn't c
Chapter 11 - Adam and Aaron - The Guardian and the Beast (opens the original)
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THE AGE OF THE PLAINBORN CHAPTER INDEX - SHORT STORY INDEX - FALLING PAST THE LAST CHECKPOINTAdam, the beginning of existence, just after Lilith left himAnger. Sadness. Confusion. Acceptance.Each word took me much longer to move past than I would like to admit. When the creator provided me with a companion after having traversed the planet alone for
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