HeyJaredJoe DeBritz
I release one short story per month, as well as some thoughts, ideas, and other stuff. There are over 50 stories that are free available in the archive.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 7
- Latest publication
- Sep 29, 2026
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- Jul 10, 2026
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A Natural Green Light (opens the original)
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I dreamt I was a long fish in the warm coastal waters somewhere in the Caribbean where the water was light blue and the sand was powder and white. I swam in the infinite waves and ripples of the ocean. I hovered over the smooth sand at on the floor of the sea. I rolled and flopped in the waves, letting them take me and pull me in. Breathing in water felt so good. I smiled to myself when I woke up in my king bed, buried in the covers, alone in the waxing light of the morning.I eased out of bed, d
Money is Flesh (opens the original)
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“Money’s flesh, money’s flesh in your handMoney’s flesh, money’s flesh in your handWhen you pay, you’re a servantWhen you pay, you’re a servantYou deserve it, you deserve itYou deserve it, you deserve it”—Swans, Money is Flesh (live)Greetings from the headquarters of Joe DeBritz enterprises. I’m sitting now on a couch with a pillow propped up behind me so I can sit up straight and still be comfortable. The sun is hitting the white apartment building opposite my window
Future Hero (opens the original)
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Blue smoke clouds beamed brilliantly over the silver sun. Echoes of traffic from the freeway whizzed through the atmosphere, erratic, yet calming, like the low hum of a fan in the window on a unseasonably warm September night. Jared Ericson sat smoking a cigarette with a light blue filter on a park bench. The bench, dedicated to a man with a memorable name, was on top of a hill, shaded by a willow tree with its fronds hanging loosely over Jared’s head. The park had a paved walking path, three ad
Rollicking in New York (opens the original)
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“Cinema is the culmination of the obsessive, mechanistic male drive in western culture. The movie projector is an Apollonian straight-shooter, demonstrating the link between aggression and art. Every pictorial framing is a ritual limitation, a barred precinct.”— Camile Paglia, Sexual Personae1I think I’m going to leave New York City. Saturday, I spent the day walking around with my fiancée, Brynn. We went to several bookstores
Diet of Worms (2026 Version) (opens the original)
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This story was originally posted last year for my weekly story series. It was probably the one I enjoyed writing the most. My audience has expanded, and I’ve worked on this story over the last year, so I am posting it again. Enjoy. The look on his face was just normal, his calico blue vest, his unkempt hair. He used to give me a weird look. Well, at first he didn’t give any look at all. Why would he? Then later, I guess around number ten or twelve, he asked.“They’re dehumidifiers,” I told hi
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