Tall Revenge by Robert Kingett is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal.

You know those old high school stories that you just find when you’re cleaning out your old backpack that you had from middle school, with a giant hole in the bottom because your dog chewed into the bag, trying to get some cookies in there?

Too specific? Okay, maybe it was just me.

This story was written all the way back in high school. I don’t know what I wanted to say with it, really, as I was working through some deep internalized homophobia back then.

I also completely forgot what the assignment was supposed to be about. I remember we were reading Edgar Allen Poe, and the assignment was to write a story based off our favorite one.

It’s deeply ironic because we write in very different genres. Still, this was based off a work that’s long been in the public domain.

I’ve made a conscious decision to leave homophobic language and homophobic ideas intact. I think it’s good that fans of mine get to see how I’ve grown as a writer and as a person. I still don’t understand what I wanted to say with this story, but I hope you enjoy it regardless.

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