Lockport Teen Publishes Short Story Compilation

LOCKPORT, IL — Lockport Township High School student Robby Meyers hasn't just been busy with junior year, he's been writing. The teen recently self-published a compilation of short stories he wrote in middle school.

Robby's interest in writing is a family affair. His father, David, has self-published a mystery series.

Robby's compilation, "The History Changers and Other Short Stories," combines his interests of adventure, video games and history, according to the publishing website.

"There are different series of short stories spread out within the book, and each story is very unique," Robby told Patch.

One of the stories, "The History Changers," was part of a project for his seventh grade English class. Other stories were inspired by his dad's mystery series.

Robby said he enjoyed writing the stories in middle school, but lost interest after a year or so.

"My interest didn't come back until last year when Dad pitched the idea for me to write a book," he said, adding that he was inspired by his old writing to expand the series to its fullest potential.

Robby plans to continue writing, and wants to further explore writing and video games.

"I plan on using the skills I develop over this time frame to try and write a couple of well-crafted video game stories," he said.

Robby's compilation of short stories is available on Amazon.

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