HeyJaredThe Westside
A dark, interconnected universe where secret experiments, corrupt heroes, and coming-of-age stories collide.
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- Sep 30, 2026
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Freaks, Cleats, and Secrets (opens the original)
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It’s been three days since Alonso asked us to help him kill those things. Three days since the attack on City Hall.Three days since I watched a member of the Westside Knights get dragged away by the Sentinel 9.And three days since I learned that apparently the correct response to discovering giant things living underneath your city is to go to school and pretend you still care about homework.The officers stop coming around the house after the first day.I guess that means they’ve moved on to some
What they don’t tell you about The Westside (opens the original)
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The hooded figure disappears around the corner.Anthony reaches the edge of the porch a second too late.His shoes scrape against the concrete as he stops himself. His chest rises and falls beneath his shirt, each breath coming harder than the last. Down the block, the figure is already gone. Only the faint slap of shoes against pavement remains, and then even that disappears beneath the ordinary sounds of the neighborhood—a car passing somewhere nearby, the distant bark of a dog, the low hum of a
After the Heroes (opens the original)
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The bus is louder than usual.Maybe it’s because everybody knows we’re going to City Hall.Or maybe it’s because nobody knows what to expect.Teachers are scattered throughout the bus like crossing guards in a riot, trying to keep us from climbing over the seats, yelling across the aisles, throwing things, and doing whatever else teenagers do when adults aren’t paying attention.Camila sits beside me, her knees pressed against the seat in front of us. She’s talking about something I’m only half list
While We’re Young (opens the original)
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The last bit of sunlight is disappearing behind the Westside when the train carries us home.I lean my head against the silver handrail beside my seat and let the vibration of the train travel through my skull.Everything outside the window is moving too fast to hold onto.Palm trees become green smears. Apartment buildings slide past in pieces. Telephone poles flicker between shadows. For half a second, the sunset catches the windows of a row of houses and turns every one of them orange.Then they’
Home Sweet Home (opens the original)
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The last light of the sun hangs over The Westside when the silver Mazda turns onto the block.The sky is orange and pink, the kind of sunset Anthony has only ever seen in pictures. Back home, the winters are gray and the evenings disappear early. Here, the sky seems determined to stay awake.People are everywhere.Cars roll through the neighborhood with their headlights coming on one by one. Someone walks a dog along the sidewalk. Music drifts from an open window. A group of kids ride past on bicyc
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