Thanks everybody

I’d recently gone down a Wikipedia rabbit hole which taught me about phreakers. Found it very fascinating, and you can’t really do the same thing with phones anymore hence the period setting. Have no idea where “the place where they make the bones” is. Maybe it’s the factory in which they produce the skeleton halloween decorations?

The ending - idk. I was running out of space and time, and it couldn’t just end with her goin home. I’d written myself into a corner.

Quoted from AlsoBen Thanks everybody I’d recently gone down a Wikipedia rabbit hole which taught me about phreakers. Found it very fascinating, and you can’t really do the same thing with phones anymore hence the period setting. Have no idea where “the place where they make the bones” is. Maybe it’s the factory in which they produce the skeleton halloween decorations? The ending - idk. I was running out of space and time, and it couldn’t just end with her goin home. I’d written myself into a corner.

Perhaps the Halloween Fair is where Jenna should learn "the news"?

Maybe a creepy Halloween booth or show with elaborate wall-art. She's used during a test subject, etc. During the walk home, the road before her changes, darkens and finds herself trapped in the wall art, unable to escape? Perhaps she sees one of the boys about to play the same game, and she yells, but they can't hear her, etc.

But then from that I'd go back and set it up so that there's some irony to them being stuck in there together. Just some brainstorming thoughts, because I like the tone, tenor and setup of this. Stephen King's, Thinner, might inspire.