Joey 1997 _best_ -

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.

At the top, the slide twisted into darkness. Joey hesitated, then let go. joey 1997

Joey found the time capsule on a Tuesday, buried under the old sycamore tree behind his grandmother’s house. The tree had been struck by lightning the night before, splitting open like a book, and there it was: a rusted metal box with "JOEY 1997" scratched into the lid. That night, the carnival rolled into town unannounced