Jesse Teller

Tag: Grandma

  • The Sin Eater 19: To Kill A Man

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    You never got much notice on a thing like this. Maybe a day, maybe two. Rose complained, but the women of the Mocking family have little power, and she knew not to fight it. “Just remember he’s a pathological liar,” Rose said as I made for the door. “You can’t believe anything that Ball says.…

  • The Sin Eater 17: The Mocking Family Reunion

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    Me and Ty went through a Simon and Garfunkel phase. I am just a poor boy Though my story’s seldom told I have squandered my resistance For a pocketful of mumbles Such are promises I copied the tape so I could practice for our rides and I was getting good. I had all the harmonies…

  • 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 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 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 6: The Two Crews

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    Uncle Wrath disappeared at some point. Or he was always gone, just slammed the ground of Milwaukee every now and then like lightning, and with him came his storm. The crew Uncle Wrath led was legendary. They were not the Sons of the Devil, they were the Princes. They were a new thing that none…

  • The Sin Eater 5: Darling Nikki

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    I guess it was the day of the big snow. Picture Milwaukee, winter, closed schools all across the city. Every school aged boy in the city wakes up to good news and bad. Yes, there is no school, and yes, get your shovel. There was promise of hot chocolate when it was all over. The…