Short Stories and Essays by Darren

"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it"

-Robin Williams

"You can't be that kid standing at the top of the water slide overthinking it. You have to go down the chute"

"If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that's bigger than anything else"

So, I don’t know if I mentioned this but I’m a bit of a late bloomer. I went through puberty later than all my peers, I’m always late to...

Darren Sampson

Jul 10, 2024

So, this story goes back to winter of 2017. As I mentioned before I worked at Stop & Shop overnight for a while. Well, there was supposed...

Darren Sampson

Jul 10, 2024

This story takes me back to 2016. It was an innocuous day in the summer wherein I made my almost daily visit to 7/11. This time I visited...

Darren Sampson

Jul 10, 2024

This story goes back to October of 2022, picture day, in fact. A little backstory before that day I hadn’t gotten a haircut in about a...

Darren Sampson

Jul 10, 2024

So, this story takes me all the way back to fall of 2012 my senior year of high school. This is around the time where as...

Darren Sampson

Jul 10, 2024

So as I’ve mentioned many times, I go on dates. Now you may think it’s as simple as asking for the date and showing up (preferably) on...

Darren Sampson

Oct 22, 2023