Jeremy Renbarger

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2022

Stories (7)

7 Stories

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“Doing my best at this point” by Jeremy Renbarger

Submitted to Contest #158

When I was a little kid my favorite movie was Hercules.He was just a guy who didn’t know where he belonged but believed that he was made for more. I felt like that as a kid, but the difference between me and Hercules was that he was actively doing things to reach his goal. While I was more focused on the part of the song where there was a far off place where he felt like he belonged.Fast forward a couple decades, and well, here I am. Unknowingly moving through life, I had managed to get by mostly on my own, but I always wondered if...

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“Yearning Cadence” by Jeremy Renbarger

Submitted to Contest #156

Don’t you remember how we first met? All the shaky apprehensive feelings we would get How could I forget? Your friends carrying you out at school lunch I think I had seen you before and I had a hunch That maybe, just maybe you felt something towards me To tease an accord for me You were a cheerleader, I was a square But you didn’t know any better to be fair You gave me your number The weight of the idea I felt over encumbered Took over two weeks passed Valentine’s Day for me to call Think you could tell I was shy behind my wall...

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“McDonald’s Run” by Jeremy Renbarger

Submitted to Contest #154

“We’re running out of time!” my dad yells.“McDonald’s breakfast ends in *looks at watch*“Eight minutes!”We are sitting at the light right before the McDonald’s. It’s a right turn and we are in the right lane. One elongated minute passes, and the light turns green. We turn into the parking lot, I see the big yellow arches, it was like in the movies. My dad sees how the drive-thru line was insanely long, so he says he’s gonna just park. My dad never had a problem parking far for ease, but in the interest of time, he pulled up right ...

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“Exodus of Amazon” by Jeremy Renbarger

Submitted to Contest #153

The monotonous grind of life. I had worked in an Amazon warehouse for the better part of three years. I had always wanted to work there for a year, take advantage of their free schooling, and move on to something better. Now I was gonna hit my three year mark, which is your last pay increase until you get promoted for more income. Except I didn’t have an interest for working at Amazon long term, I never did.I did take advantage of the schooling and got a Google IT certification, which didn’t net me much. So day after day, I would wake u...

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“The Cole Bros the Greatest Show on Earth” by Jeremy Renbarger

Submitted to Contest #152

My family, the Renbargers, had always been cursed with bad memory. Almost to the point of feeling crazy, where me, my dad, or my grandpa would put something down and immediately look down and it wasn’t there. My grandpa said it used to happen to his dad and his grandpa. Dates, events, and facts would just completely vanish from memory. The men in the family were always faithful and kind to our significant others so the memory thing was tough for the ladies in the family but I guess bearable. Even my girlfriend gets upset at my terrible memor...

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“Stalling” by Jeremy Renbarger

Submitted to Contest #151

I wasn’t very cool in school, kind of nerdy, shy, and awkward. I had always felt weird about people, we would be cool one day and the next day they would pretend they didn’t know me. I always wanted to be like my older brother Rick, was super popular in school had a lot of friends and friends that would pretty much take a bullet for him. Rick being my brother made me, I guess sort of cool, but my brother did his best to give me tools so that I could be cool on my own. He taught me how to breakdance, always put me on to cool music,...

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“Wisp” by Jeremy Renbarger

Submitted to Contest #149

I wake up sitting on the floor with my legs crossed in complete disorienting darkness. In the distance I see a flickering light.But where am I? what was I doing? I am wearing a long sleeved t shirt, shorts, and some sneakers.It feels as if it’s empty space all around me, moderately cold, and nothing but that flickering light. I walk towards it, it’s further away then I originally thought shivering as I move closer I realize that it is a flame by how it shifts side to side and sways as if there was a small draft. Interestingly...

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Author bio

I have been writing music for over 10 years mostly hip hop so I have a predilection for words, recently decided to try my hand on writing stories see where that can take me. I want to have fun with it but also hope to show promise to possibly make a career out of it. Just the beginning of my journey.