Jamie Brown
Bio
I wrote before I knew how to type. One painstaking finger stroke at a time, I made my family a weekly newspaper at the age of 8. Every misspelled story as sweet and funny as the next. It was the start of something beautiful.
Stories (5)
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The Other Soul
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. I stood stunned, frozen in place, staring at the unusual glow. Terror controlled every muscle in my body. What once was the highlight of my summers was now weaving panic through my veins.
By Jamie Brown4 years ago in Fiction
My Dad
Have you ever seen your teacher outside of school as a kid? They look so weird. They aren't supposed to be getting groceries in their sweatpants! They should be at school making a lesson plan or something. Then you get older and start to realize that everyone you know has a whole life outside your limited understanding of them. I wish I had realized that about my parents before now.
By Jamie Brown4 years ago in Families
My Fair Lady
We pull up to a crowded parking lot stretched half a mile wide. Cars litter the streets, while near by houses make $5 per car they allow to park in their driveway. An unappetizing smell hits us first as we pass the livestock. Let's pretend it isn't there, shall we? We sprint past the cows and the building of oddities and souvenirs to the next layer of the hot, crowded county fair lasagna. Sketchy vendors pedal tacky jewelry, knives, and custom leather belts. A glimmer catches my eye of a shiny something I want to touch, but the grumble in my stomach keeps me on track.
By Jamie Brown4 years ago in Feast
Glenn Finneas
"There weren't always dragons in the valley" my grandfather lamented. When his dementia worsened, he lost touch with reality. He told these outrageous stories. At first we thought he was just passing the time, but we quickly realized that he believed every bit of it. It absolutely gutted me to see his mind decay like that. For him, a world where he's endangered by dragons, is the world he lives in. To him, this was reality.
By Jamie Brown4 years ago in Fiction
