Joe Patterson
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Hi I'm Joe Patterson. I am a writer at heart who is a big geek for film, music, and literature, which have all inspired me to be a writer. I rap, write stories both short and long, and I'm also aspiring to be an author and a filmmaker.
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Strangerisagift
Strangerisagift - the occurrence of always running into strangers who are very kind. Ally is a sweet 12 year old girl who always runs into something she calls “Strangerisagift”. Ally loved the thought of coming across strangers while living daily life because you just never knew what beauty they held in store from her interactions with them. Ally left her house at 11 a.m. on Saturday morning to take her favorite walk. Just a block away from her house she encountered a homeless man who she had never seen before. The man didn’t have a sign up asking for money, but she reached in her pocket and gave him a dollar anyway. As she was walking away the man stopped her and said “the kindness in your heart is a beautiful gift that will one day change the world”. This comment made her smile.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Fiction
ThanksGazm
ThanksGazm - Blissful satisfaction from thanksgiving dinner. Marla woke up on the morning of Thanksgiving and her stomach was growling in anticipation for the dinner she was going to at her family’s house. She had a talk with her friend Rudy the day before who told her about something called a “Thanksgazm”which is when you feel an overwhelming bliss from eating a great thanksgiving dinner. Marla was as curious to see if she could have one almost as much as she was hungry for all the great food she knew her mom and grandma cooked.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Fiction
A Trick of Treats
I absolutely love this time of the year. Today is October 31st, Halloween. Over 20 years ago when I was a kid I used to love to dress up in a costume and go trick or treating with my friends. Today I am 30 years old and now it’s my turn to be the adult who passes out candy to all the excited children of the land who come knocking at my door.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Fiction
Hellraiser: Elysium
Clive Bradley is an established lawyer who works for the firm Laurence & Ferrell. Clive seemingly has the life that most individuals think they want. He has a great career, big house, nice car and he is socially appealing. He comes from a great family, he has a great circle of friends and a beautiful woman named Claire who has eyes on him who he has yet to make an official relationship with. However, there is one hinderance in Clive’s life that keeps him from being fulfilled: his greedy spirit.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Fiction
Hallowfiend
Hallofiend - a person who is addicted to Halloween. Michael is an 11 year old boy known by those around him as the Hallofiend. The people in his life call him this with the belief that he is addicted to Halloween. Whenever the summer ends and Halloween season approaches, Michael just cannot contain himself. Michael himself was in extreme denial about himself until the morning of September 20th when his favorite stores in the area had not yet started putting up their Halloween decorations.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Fiction
Horrabull
Horrabull - a deep love or infatuation with horror movies. Laurie Prescott had been told from an early age that she was a “Horrabull”. When her parents first called her this she was only five years old. In those younger years she thought nothing of it, but when she became a teenager she started giving it some thought. At first she denied her horrabullity when she first came to understand it, but she also became open to the idea that it might be true when she retraced her social habits.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Fiction
Ashley-izm
Ashleyizm - the art of being extremely lazy after hanging around my best friend Ashley. So me and my best friend Ashley are Yin and Yang. I’m extremely active and she is extremely lazy. Because we hang together so much our way’s often rub off on one another. In her case she catches “Joe-ism”, which comes from her being around me too much, but never in a million years did I think I’d catch her Ashleyizm.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Fiction
Shaftized
Shaftized - A euphoric infatuation with the genre of Blaxploitation in film that develops after watching the film Shaft. I was Shaftized as a baby so I really don’t remember how it felt at first, but I do know how it has felt ever since. The story of the 1971 movie Shaft is centered around an African American private detective named John Shaft, portrayed by Richard Roundtree, who was hired by a New York gangster to rescue his daughter from the clutches of the Italian mafia. Along the way Shaft battles the relations of racial and social issues that plague the Black community.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Fiction
Dewey Lives
April 15, 2013, Woodsboro, California. At the Woodsboro police station, Sheriff Dewey Riley is finishing up some paperwork before ending his night. While putting his belongings away at his desk he looks over at a picture of his wife Gale and gives a light smile and chuckle. Gale is away on her book tour after covering the story of the Woodsboro massacre reboot that took place two years ago. Dewey’s concentration was suddenly broken when deputy Judy Hicks knocks on his office door and peeks her head in to check on Dewey. “Hey Sheriff” she began. “I’m gonna go pick up Wes and then I’m headed home for the night, you good?” “Sure thing, deputy.” Dewey responded. “Have a good night, Judy.” Dewey concluded. As Judy smiled at him and left the station the phone on Dewey’s desk suddenly rang.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Fiction
Joe-ism
Ashley never thought in a million years that hanging around her best friend and Vocal writer, Joe Patterson would come with consequences. Joe often joked that hanging around him too much would lead to what he referred to as “Joe-ism”. According to Joe himself, Joe-ism is when you unconsciously start mimicking the ways of Joe because you’ve soaked them up so much in his presence. Ashley was sure it wasn’t going to happen to her.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Fiction
