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Emmitt Owens

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  • Mad Mechanics: The Liberty Overalls

    Mad Mechanics: The Liberty OverallsEpisode 10.4Written by: Emmitt OwensAs narrated by: Waylon Waylon, Intro: “Well now, folks, let me tell you about the day Derek Pemberton returned and learned that insurance mathematics don’t account for stubbornness, Reedus discovered the transformative power of forty-five dollar workwear, and the whole shop learned that sometimes the funniest thing… Read more

  • Mad Mechanics: A Pisces With Blue Eyes

    Mad Mechanics: A Pisces With Blue EyesWritten by: Emmitt OwensAs narrated by: Waylon(Index #05282026) Waylon, Intro: “Well now, folks, gather close, because this here is the story of how a man who hadn’t caught anything meaningful in six years went down to a creek on a Tuesday morning in April with a pole, a half-eaten… Read more

  • Cocaine Caroline

    Cocaine CarolineBy: Emmitt Owens—Buzzard Dust, 2012(Index #2012) We all knewWhat it’d doWhen I took those shots with you…We both passed out onto the floor. And I didn’t know what to sayWhen you said your love or my cocaineSo I said “what the hell”And began to drink away. When I took that blow up my noseI… Read more

  • The Trilogy Ending Essay: Craft and Consequence: The Ethics of Writing What You’re Not

    “On Craft and Consequence: The Ethics of Writing What You’re Not”An Essay on the Trilogy: Red Flags, Red Lights / SEEN / ExhaleBy: Emmitt Owens(Index #01042026) I. Why These Three Pieces Exist Together I didn’t set out to write a trilogy. I set out to process a moment of confusion—a miscommunication so minor it barely… Read more

  • The Trilogy Part I: Red Flags, Red Lights

    Red Flags, Red LightsPart I of a three-part fictional character study examining miscommunication, intrusive thought, and self-reflection.A Multisyllabic, Whimsy, Stream of Consciousness RhymeBy: Emmitt Owens(Index #01042026) [Verse 1]I said “maybe lunch” like a shrug with a smileShe heard “future plans,” heard “pressure,” heard “trial”I got more free time than a retired clockEven my hustle hit… Read more

  • Flossin’ (With Welding Wire)

    Flossin’ (With Welding Wire)A Multisyllabic, Whimsy, Stream of Consciousness RhymeBy:Emmitt Owens(Index #01032026) [Verse 1]In the age of alarm clocks, I missed the cueHit snooze on myself, let the weird come throughStatic in my bloodstream, dial-up soulTryna download peace on a cracked flip phone Pajama-pants swagger, Jordans feel newSlingin’ spaghetti out the window of my confused… Read more

  • B-12: A Love Vitamin

    B-12: A Love NumberBy: Emmitt Owens(Index #12312025)    Look, I’m fifty-four, and I’ll tell you right now: the house didn’t echo when my youngest daughter drove off to college. It just got quiet. The kind of quiet you’ve been waiting thirty-four years for, even if you didn’t know it. The last of the kids to… Read more

  • The Physics of Sleeping With You

    The Physics of Sleeping With YouBy: Emmitt Owens(Index #12012025)    Every night, the same accusation flies across the mattress like a thrown pillow.     “You’re doing it again,” Marina says, her voice carrying through the darkness.   I open one eye. I am currently occupying approximately seven inches of mattress space—what Marina has taken to calling “The… Read more

  • Hawks Nest: Episode 1: The Healing of Hawk

    Hawks Nest: The Healing of HawkEpisode 1 (2026)A Therapeutic JourneyWritten by: Emmitt Owens(Index #12022025-12042025)As narrated by: Waylon Waylon, Intro: “Well now, folks, settle in for a tale about the day Hawk Dawson decided he needed professional help—not for the reasons most folks thought, mind you, but because he’d reached what he called ‘a level of… Read more

  • Chill n’Fill Episode #68: Thankful at Pump #3

    Chill n’Fill: Thankful at Pump #3By: Emmitt OwensEpisode #68(Index #11252025)    Thanksgiving at the Chill n’Fill doesn’t come with tablecloths.     It comes with salt stains on the floor mats and people swearing under their breath at Pump #3.   The bear—twenty feet of winking plastic optimism—stood over the lot in a knit scarf and a beanie… Read more