That night, the carnival rolled into town unannounced. No flyers, no calliope music, just a sudden ring of tents and blinking lights at the county fairgrounds. Joey went anyway—because how could he not? The letter felt like a dare.
He pried it open with a tire iron. Inside: a cracked Polaroid of a boy who looked exactly like him—same cowlick, same gap-toothed grin—but wearing baggy jeans and a Spawn T-shirt. Beneath the photo, a handwritten letter:
Here’s an interesting story for — a mix of mystery, nostalgia, and a touch of the supernatural. Title: The Last Summer of Joey 1997
That night, the carnival rolled into town unannounced. No flyers, no calliope music, just a sudden ring of tents and blinking lights at the county fairgrounds. Joey went anyway—because how could he not? The letter felt like a dare.
He pried it open with a tire iron. Inside: a cracked Polaroid of a boy who looked exactly like him—same cowlick, same gap-toothed grin—but wearing baggy jeans and a Spawn T-shirt. Beneath the photo, a handwritten letter:
Here’s an interesting story for — a mix of mystery, nostalgia, and a touch of the supernatural. Title: The Last Summer of Joey 1997