HeyJaredLiterary Garage
Writing with a serrated edge. Edgy, unique, and hard-hitting with a little bit of attitude thrown in for good measure.
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Handyman (opens the original)
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Dwayne fixes faucets, changes lightbulbs, finds lost cats—and tells himself he does things the right way.Mostly.But when easy money presents itself in the form of a desperate woman, a dubious plan, and a bag worth far more than either of them expected, the line between handyman and thief gets harder to see.A grimy, darkly funny crime story about loneliness, desperation, self-deception—and the kind of trouble that starts looking like opportunity.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="
Testing (opens the original)
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A sweltering tenth-grade classroom. A test on The Crucible. An ice cream truck somewhere outside.Then a bird flies through the window.What follows is part classroom chaos, part Salem hysteria—and a reminder of how quickly something harmless can become something else entirely when authority enters the room. A sharp, funny flash about adolescents, panic, power, and one very badly timed bird.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4tAJ!,f_auto,q_au
Behind the Stories (opens the original)
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This week go behind the stories in Bad Intentions and get to know Joel Nedecky. When his wife is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness and an experimental treatment lies far beyond his family’s reach, Roy agrees to help his older brother pull off a daring robbery against a powerful drug cartel. The heist is a success—but escaping with the money proves far easier than living with the consequences of the choices he made to get it.Spanning the months that follow one desperate decision, Oil in t
Tenured Position (opens the original)
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Work until eighty. Live with your parents. Drink rationed water. Manage robots that hate you.And try not to think too hard about the fact that the lake outside your window is now part of a data center.In “Tenured Position,” Laura Bogner takes us into an AI-saturated future where longevity hasn’t created freedom—it has simply made the sentence longer.Darkly funny, strange, angry, and disturbingly recognizable.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$
Strangers in Purgatory: An Existential Western (opens the original)
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Two strangers ride into Purgatory.Neither offers a name. Neither intends to leave. And in a town apparently too small for both of them, whiskey, coffee, cheroots, a barber’s chair—and one very inconvenient nickname—are enough to turn simmering irritation into an appointment at high noon.Sometimes a man has to stand his ground. Even if nobody knows who the hell he is.The classic Western showdown an existential twist.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/
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