Jesse Teller

Month: July 2023

  • The Sin Eater 16: One Day

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    Me and Ty went through a Simon and Garfunkel phase. He had a car and I didn’t. It was a white compact car and it had been his father’s. We were both in choir and we were both stars. He took Simon, I took Garfunkel. Simon is lead. We learned every word. I learned every…

  • The Sin Eater 15: Aunt Breezy Part 1

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    He came and got me for this one. He landed that Wal-Mart job that winter. He was a night cleanup man. Big machines like Zambonis that, only four feet tall and five long, had to go over the entire store. The bottom had a squeegee on it and that became Uncle Ball’s life. Every Tuesday…

  • The Sin Eater 14: Aunt Easy Part 3

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    I don’t want to be here. I just went to a graduation party for a kid who is really important to me. I wrote all through last night, almost 11,000 words, starting with Aunt Easy Part 1 and ending where you just turned the page. I want to go hang out with my family. I…

  • The Sin Eater 13: Hand After Hand Part 1

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    There were so many things going on at this time in my life that I really can’t nail any of it down. I’m going to throw a few things around. Let’s call it a few hands of poker. Some are wins where I pull in the pot. A lot of them are losses, times I…

  • The Sin Eater 12: Aunt Easy Part 2

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    “I heard that you have a new friend,” Uncle Ball said to Shadow. Shadow had no idea who this person was except that he was important, and that he was fun, and that he was dangerous. Nothing scared Shadow, and after a few hours of this guy talking to Rose, Shadow found himself in the…

  • The Sin Eater 11: Buckhorn

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    Impact, and my hand goes instantly to my hip, but hands are on me and in seconds I’m being tickled. I can’t breathe. I can barely laugh and more arms, growling, and now I remember. Now I remember what a summer with Uncle Ball in Waynesville is gonna be like. I fight and I beg…

  • The Sin Eater 10: Waynesville Part 1

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    My name is Joe. I disappeared for a long time between Bekah and I breaking up in 1998 and the writing of Teardrop Road. When I came back, I had no idea what all of this technology was about. I didn’t know what a cell phone was. Computers had been taught to me by Mr.…

  • The Sin Eater 9: Aunt Easy Part 1

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    He never got to be my godfather. Parents don’t die even when you want them to, and as the time stretched on and we realized it was not going to happen, things changed. I think when he was with Glass, a certain kind of utopia was created in Uncle Ball’s mind and it involved raising…

  • The Sin Eater 8: The Legend of Billi May

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    “Well she is from West Virginia and she is a real sweetheart. They came to Milwaukee when she was younger, and she was just lovely. You’re gonna have fun with her.” “What’s her name again?” Mumble mumbled. “Billi May. Kid, she is your second cousin. These are Grandma’s people. These are Canny folk, and they…

  • The Sin Eater 7: Glass

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    It was Christmas. Uncle Wrath was not at Grandpa’s that night, or he had already thundered into the streets. Uncle Ball was my godfather now, and I had saved my money to buy him a special gift. Dinner was eaten and the doorbell rang. We were all sitting in the second living room and the…