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Townies

Townies

By: Alex Smith
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Set in the small, fictional town of Mecklenburg, this coming-of-age story follows a group of friends on the edge of adulthood, caught between the weight of inheritance, the ache of boredom, and the hunger to feel alive before it’s too late.Alex Smith Art Literary History & Criticism
Episodes
  • Episode 9: Chapters 34-36
    Sep 22 2025

    Secrets slip, drinks spill, and the cracks get harder to hide. Bergan’s dinner with her mom spirals into quiet dread, Dakota palms pills at a party, Bobby loses his stomach, and Owen loses his home. In a haze of homecoming dresses, blaring bass, and borrowed couches, the kids try to hold it together as everything starts to fall apart. Because sometimes growing up isn’t loud, it’s just lonely.


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    21 mins
  • Episode 8: Chapters 29-33
    Sep 22 2025

    First smokes. Last summer mornings. One busted Volvo and way too much teenage static. As Chloe, Bobby, and Beathan stumble through the first weeks of school, things start to crack. Secrets drop, friendships shift, and no one’s really ready for what’s coming. Parties blur, the days drag, and freedom feels just out of reach. It’s 175 days ‘til graduation, but who’s counting?


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    28 mins
  • Episode 7: Chapters 24-28
    Sep 15 2025

    As summer stretches on, lines blur between connection and distance. Bergan opens up to Owen on a quiet afternoon that feels like a turning point, while Bobby tries, and fails, to keep up with a group that’s slowly moving on without him. Dakota’s caught between frustration and resignation as her mother stumbles back into the picture, and Chloe, desperate for a high, finds unexpected kinship next door. By the river, on front porches, and under the fading glow of August sun, the group tries to hold on to their summer.


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    36 mins
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