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THE POSSUM BRANCH SERIESEpisode 4: The Great Buzzard Roost UFOBy: Emmitt Owens (Index #12122025) They say nothing good happens after midnight. They’ve clearly never sat in a plywood box at the end of Slaughter Pen Road listening to this town lose its mind in real time. It’s 1:11 AM and the tower outside sounds… Read more
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Chill n’FillEpisode: The Night the Sky Dropped DinnerWritten by: Emmitt Owens (Index #12102025) They say nothing good happens after midnight. I’ve always thought that was less a warning and more an observation about the kind of people who are still awake to witness it. It was 11:47 PM on a Wednesday that felt like… Read more
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“Jim and the Terrible Think-So Machine”(A whimsical caution, in a Seuss-ish scene) By: Emmitt Owens (Index #04062026) In a town not too far, not too loud, not too grim,Lived a Think-So Machine in the mind of young Jim.It whirred and it clicked, it assumed and it guessed,And it always told Jim that he knew what… Read more
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THE POSSUM BRANCH SERIESEpisode 1: PILOT: The Squirrel SiegeBy: Emmitt Owens (Index #12012025) They don’t train you in radio school for nights like these. Mostly because nobody goes to radio school anymore. You just show up, prove you can avoid dead air, and pray someone remembers to pay you. I’m broadcasting from a shed… Read more
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Most people would have let the first name slip go. I let it file itself away instead and three hours later, a birthday post, a friends list, and one last name she never mentioned cracked the whole thing open. Read more
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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
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The Great Ice Cream CatastropheWritten by: Emmitt Owens(Index #12062023) Marla clutched her triple-scoop rocky road cone like a trophy as she settled onto the park bench, her beautiful white sundress fanning out around her. The afternoon sun beat down mercilessly, turning the asphalt into glistening waves of heat, but she was determined to enjoy… Read more
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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
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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
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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
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