CEMETERY DATE by Billy Pauley III (Age 8)

Some baby DOOM for my paid subscribers!

For as long as I've been able to write, I've been writing fiction. Most of the stories I wrote as a kid are gone forever (little casualties of our many cross-country moves), however… at least one survived!

While going through my mom's stuff a few years ago, I came across this story I wrote when I was around 8 years old.

It was written sometime in 1992, but for some reason I set the story in the (then) distant future (2004, if I’m not mistaken). I assume I must've been thinking the time gap would make it more interesting somehow. No idea.

There are plenty of head scratcher moments like this. Really bizarre narrative choices. I'd like to think I've gotten better at this writing thing over the years, but you be the judge.

I'm only sharing this to give my loyal paid subscribers a little chuckle. Hope it does just that.