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Emmitt Owens

2025

  • Tuesday in My Brain

    Tuesday in My BrainFor My Grandchildren: Silas, Elijah & Theo(Index # 09112025) In the town of the teapots I painted a shoe,With pickles for buttons and some glittery glue.I danced with a doorknob, I sang to a chair,I juggled three penguins while brushing my hair.Pull the moon backward and tie it with shoestrings,With a bubblegum… Read more

  • Chill’n’Fill: Book 3, Episode 3

    This story said ‘what if we made a convenience store clerk into the most emotionally intelligent person in town’ and honestly? A Revolutionary dating strategy 💯 Read more

  • Subject Change’s

    it’s tiring, isn’t it— trying to be enough in a world that keeps shifting the goalposts. they say: be driven, but don’t try too hard. be soft, but not too open. feel things, but don’t let it show. and i’m just here, trying to be honest without falling apart. trying to stay whole in a… Read more

  • The Hidden Virtues of Flying by Night: A Case for Spontaneous Living

    The Hidden Virtues of Flying by Night: A Case for Spontaneous Living In our meticulously planned, calendar-driven world, the phrase “fly by night” has acquired almost exclusively negative connotations. We associate it with unreliability, poor planning, and questionable business practices. Yet this dismissive attitude overlooks the profound advantages that spontaneous, adaptive approaches to life can… Read more

  • Chill’n’Fill: Book 3, Episode 1

    Chill’n’FillBook 3: Episode 1New Faces, Old Mysteries, and the Passing of the PenWritten By: Emmitt Owens    The announcement crackled through Chill n’Fill’s speakers with Bob’s characteristic blend of corporate formality and complete detachment from reality. I watched from behind the counter as the handful of evening customers paused their snack selections to listen, their… Read more

  • The Art of Friendship-First Romance

    This was a word prompt from a week ago… posting today thinking that I had posted it long ago. The modern dating landscape often feels like a high-stakes audition where everyone performs their most polished version of themselves. Swipe right, craft the perfect text, plan elaborate first dates—all while desperately trying to determine if this… Read more

  • The Gentle Dystopia: The Ninth Chapter

    The Gentle Dystopia: The Ninth ChapterThe Echo That Broke the LoopWritten by: Emmitt Owens(Index #07012025) Recovered Entry: StromScript v.4.3 Author Tag: Mael Strom – Echo Writer, Lower Zones Entry:  “They believed that I was just an Echo, not realizing that one day others would Echo me.” (2125) Part One: The Viral Vector I: The Drone Painter   Yian crouched… Read more

  • Mad Mechanics: The Great Valiant Conversion

    Episode 3: The Great Valiant ConversionWritten by: Emmitt Owens*As narrated by: Waylon* 📜 Dedication  This story is dedicated to my father, Keith L. Owens Sr.,June 26th, 1957 – December 26th, 2023.   Back in the summer of 1994, my dad had taken a rusted-out ol’Plymouth Valiant in a Michigan driveway and turned it into something no… Read more

  • Mad Mechanics: The Funbar Disaster – Buzz’d, Bling’d & Burned Out

    Mad Mechanics: The Funbar Disaster – Buzz’d, Bling’d & Burned Out*Written by: Emmitt Owens**Narrated by: Waylon* Waylon: “Well now, folks, let me tell you about the day a social media app called Funbar turned the Mad Mechanics shop into something resembling a teenage sleepover, complete with constant phone checking, mysterious notifications, and grown men arguing… Read more

  • Mad Mechanics: Gremlins in the ECU

    Gremlins in the ECUWritten by: Emmitt Owens*As narrated by: Waylon*    Waylon: “Well now, gather ’round folks, ’cause I got another tale from the boys down at Mad Mechanics that’ll make you question everything you know about electrical repair. This particular adventure happened on one of them dog days when the humidity was thicker than… Read more