My Second Sequel · 15 March 2025
I wrote a second sequel to a short story. And I think it works.
I am not much for sequels. Which does not mean that I do not watch movie sequels. I do. But rarely, does the sequel measure up to the original. Which is why I pretty much do not write sequels. Unless they just come to me.
That is what happened to Amongst the Beach Detritus and Again Amongst the Beach Detritus. I just had to write the sequels. They jumped right out of my mind and onto the page. Literally. Okay. Not literally. But it did just happen. I wrote the first story and the second popped into my head right away. Maybe the next day.
Well, lo and behold, the second sequel percolated in my mind and came out a couple weeks later. Or thereabouts. I could not get the notion out of my head that the ending of the sequel was wrong somehow. I mean c’mon. Squ… Wait. I do not want to give you a spoiler. So suffice it to say, that I was not satisfied with the ending of the sequel.
It is interesting because I was actually fine with the ending to the original story. But the sequel reared its ugly head and said, “Write me.” So I did. And like I said, the second sequel just kept bugging me until I finally wrote it. It did not so much say, “Write me,” like the sequel did. It was more like, “C’mon, you know you did not really like the other ending.” And, “Think about it, do you really want the sequel to end that way?” The second sequel kept nagging me and nagging me. So I finally relented and wrote it.
I am not sure that the second sequel works. I think it does. It is somewhat humorous. And yes, I will put it on my blog next week. Or maybe I already put it on my blog. I am not sure. After all, I am still writing this piece about my second sequel. Which, by the way, is entertaining. At least to me. Then again, maybe I need to say that. After all, a piece of writing is like a child. Whether it is your favorite piece or not, you need to give it time and attention as if it was the favorite. (I really do not have a favorite child. But I do have favorite pieces of writing. Which is not possible either since you can only have one favorite by definition. At any rate.)
Well, that is about it. I am not really much of a fan of sequels, but I have written a couple for one simple short story. And maybe they are so short that they are really one story that just did not get written all the way in one sitting. But it does not matter because when all is said and done, they are three pieces. An original and two sequels. I hope you like them all.
© 2025 Michael T. Miyoshi
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