Sandwich Sean

Other People are Hard

The Place Where Promises Aren’t Kept [Chapter 17] Do you know how when you get a new thing you want to use it all the time? You also can’t help wanting to talk to people about it, too. I mean, the internet wasn’t really new. But having it be really fast was something new. RuneContinue reading “Other People are Hard”

A New Speed of Cool

The Place Where Promises Aren’t Kept [Chapter 16] Humans are creatures of habit. I don’t know where I heard that, but it sounded good. Like, I like to do the things I like to do when I want to do them. It was well into Fall and I felt like I had school stuff figuredContinue reading “A New Speed of Cool”

A New Week

The Place Where Promises Aren’t Kept [Chapter 15] All that week in Mrs. Carpenter’s class we were just finishing up our stories. The work meant that there wasn’t much time for Kyle to talk to me. I saw him working on his own story, even though he had said that he didn’t want to orContinue reading “A New Week”

Adults Don’t Understand

The Place Where Promises Aren’t Kept [Chapter 14] I almost was ready to burst out at Kyle as we went back to the computer after dinner. He had said the thing I had told him not to mention, the thing about going into the computer lab at lunch. I held back. I knew that evenContinue reading “Adults Don’t Understand”

Dinner with a Friend

The Place Where Promises Aren’t Kept [Chapter 13] Just about the time I suspected, I heard my mom’s voice from the kitchen. “Dinner in ten, boys.” My mom’s estimations were always longer than what they actually were. Kyle had been wandering around with my character in the desert for a while, seeking out any challengesContinue reading “Dinner with a Friend”