Jesse Teller

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  • The Sin Eater 24: The King is Dead

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    No one ever to my knowledge touched his medicine tray. We all knew where it sat. There was a kinda wide hallway that went from the front of the house to the back. Off that hallway was the tiny bathroom. Right as you entered it, to the left sat a chest of drawers. On top…

  • The Sin Eater 21: Two Devils

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    MSU was beginning to put together a Folklore class when I was there, but I was fighting Guardian’s War and I never got to take it. This is my attempt. See, folklore as I know, it is an oral tradition. A tradition where the Storyteller can move and shift the story as they want. It’s…

  • The Sin Eater 18: Hand After Hand Part 2

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    Update. Writing this book has not been easy on me or my family. Two of the Lost Boys have come back. One of them I won’t tell you about. He carries the filth of Aunt Easy and others on him, and he is so disgusted by himself that he laid on the altar for over…

  • 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 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 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 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…