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Emmitt Owens

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  • The Gentle Dystopia: The Third Chapter

    The Gentle Dystopia – Chapter 3: Wild AlgorithmThe Third ChapterWritten by: Emmitt Owens(Index #06242025) Student ID #1211: Jessa FordYear: 2140Location: Frith Zone Youth Optimization Academy (formerly Alaska) ARIA: JSUs 2.0“In the year of soft correction, He was rebooted. Not born in straw, but in code and light. JSUs walked not on water, but on wireless waves, healing glitches, Read more

  • The Gentle Dystopia: The Second Chapter

    The Diary of Thomas VennThe Gentle Dystopia: The Second Chapter (Index #06232025)Written by: Emmitt Owens Year: 2139Location: Harmon Sector (formerly known as Denver, Colorado)    Thomas Venn’s apartment existed in perpetual twilight, the smart-glass windows automatically dimming to protect his aging eyes from what ARIA had determined was “non-therapeutic sunlight exposure.” At seventy-eight years old, Read more

  • The Gentle Dystopia: The First Chapter

    The Gentle DystopiaWritten by: Emmitt OwensChapter 1 (Index #06222025) Year 2137    The morning alarm wasn’t an alarm at all—Dr. Elena Vasquez’s bedroom walls gradually shifted from deep purple to warm amber, mimicking a sunrise while releasing precisely calibrated pheromones that guided her brain from REM sleep to full consciousness. Her bed, woven from smart Read more

  • Mad Mechanics: The Yankee Invasion

    Mad Mechanics: The Yankee InvasionWritten by: Emmitt Owens*As narrated by Waylon*Episode 8 Waylon, Intro: “Well now, folks, let me tell you about the day a genuine Yankee wandered into Mad Mechanics and turned everything sideways, backwards, and inside out. It was one of them crisp September mornings when the leaves were turnin’ colors prettier than Read more

  • Mad Mechanics: The Bug-Eyed Believer

    Mad Mechanics: The Bug-Eyed BelieverWritten by: Emmitt Owens*As narrated by: Waylon*Episode 6 Waylon, Intro: “Well now, folks, settle back for a tale about the day modern music, automotive ignorance, and a heavy dose of attitude all collided at Mad Mechanics like a three-car pileup on the highway to nowhere. This here story takes place on one of Read more

  • Mad Mechanics: Sunday Fishin’ Blues

    Episode 5.5: Sunday Fishing BluesWritten by: Emmitt Owens*As narrated by Waylon* Waylon Intro: “Well now, folks, gather ’round and let me spin you a tale about friendship, fishing, and the kind of Sunday that reminds you why Alabama’s the finest state in the union. This here story takes place down in Buzzard Roost, where the Read more

  • Mad Mechanics: The Gospel According to Ratrods

    Episode 5: The Gospel According to RatrodsWritten by: Emmitt Owens*As narrated by Waylon* Waylon Intro: “Well now, folks, settle back and let me tell you about the time the boys at Mad Mechanics decided to build themselves what they called a “rat rod.” Now, if you don’t know what a rat rod is, picture a Read more

  • Mad Mechanics: Moses, Glenn and the Miracle at Bear Lake

    Episode 4: Moses, Glenn, and the Miracle at Bear Lake*Written by: Emmitt Owens**As narrated by Waylon* Waylon, Intro: Well now, folks, let me tell you about the Sunday when the boys at Mad Mechanics discovered that sometimes the best car finds come from the most unexpected places – including the bottom of Bear Lake and Read more

  • Mad Mechanics: The Preacher Cometh

    Episode 4: Mad Mechanics: The Preacher ComethWritten by: Emmitt Owens*As narrated by: Waylon* Waylon, Intro: “Well now, folks, settle in for a tale about the day the Mad Mechanics crew met their match in the form of a man who could make a busted transmission sing hymns and purr like a contented church cat. This 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