Welcome to Silver Creek City!
A young man stared at his test, trying to focus, but the cool breeze drew his gaze to the beautiful day outside.
Clack, clack, clack, clack!
The boy’s gaze snapped to the window in time to see a grinning, shirtless, long-haired boy about his age glide by on his skateboard.
The young man tried to focus on his test, but the only questions he could think of were, “Who the heck was that kid, and what was he doingout there?”
I carried this image in my mind for several years, wondering about these two young men. Who were they? What happened before? What happened after?
Finally, things slowly came together, and a short story that looked only slightly like this one began to emerge and take shape into a book. The book grew into a series. And now, here we are.
I feel like I should give you a warning before you start. This story is about teenage boys. Sometimes they are wonderful. Sometimes they’re gross. Sometimes, they’re both at the same time. I tried not to clean them up to make them more “presentable.”
If you are under 16, I respectfully ask you to reconsider this book. You may want to wait a bit. It is often deeply personal.
If you choose to proceed, be prepared to get muddy.
~Jack
ps. I’m currently working on this story. I’m going to release a new section every Friday, so stay tuned!
