• Soft Words

    What’s the wordLepeop no lepeop suddenly there is a room full of lepeopbetween Mandy and meWhere at the what’s the wordthe sick people placeyes I remember the headache not a headachemy arms, my legs heavy why so heavyI remember the red flashing lights on the bambulanceI remember joking with the paramedicsI knew one of the…

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  • Everybody Said So

    Carla combed her hair. Thick, warm blonde, and naturally wavy, it was her best feature. Everybody said so. Carla liked the feel of of the wide paddle brush raking through her hair. The stiff boar bristles scratched her scalp. Smooth, the bristles slide down until her ends. Then the brush would always tug. Carla would…

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  • Without Onions

    “So ma’am did the vehicle in question come with or without onions,” Ofc. Joseph Lupo asked. He rubbed his chin to hide his smile.Andie Shepherd tossed her oily rag at Joey and turned to walk away. “Ma’am was sauerkraut involved because we may have to bring in interpol.” His serious tone simmered before boil over…

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  • A Bag of Goldfish

    It started with a goldfish. Well not one goldfish but a bag of goldfish, feeder fish. Ginny had saved five whole dollars to buy her own pet, something just for her. That day in Polly’s Crackers Pet Shop Ginny learned five dollars doesn’t go very far and some pets were raised to be eaten by…

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  • The Deal

    Chamois in hand, the shopgirl dusted absentmindedly with her right hand while balancing a massive book with left. Instead of being behind the register she had stationed herself close to the fading sunlight of Tartini’s curved window front. The shop, geared to look like an exotic bazaar, was curated to ensnare hipsters and boho soccer…

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  • A Very Nice Office

    It was a very nice office, respectable, Carlo thought, shuffling envelopes in his hands. The new office in Boston was a little small but neat as a pin. His desk was sturdy and well-polished with only a few scars in the corners. Carlo leaned back in his chair the green leather welcoming his push. His…

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  • The Last Word

    No more blank pages! No more missed deadlines. Tired of countless hours wasted on writing and rewriting, let Alternative Intelligence do the writing for you. Meet our first narrative tool the Say Again. Stop wasting time writing the same sentence over and over again to your reader with the Say Again. At the click of…

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  • Born in a fine red brick house in the right part of townher father’s hands still rough from hard laborBehind the lace curtains of his bow front windowsher father’s hands folded in a well tailored suitShe learned to be a good daughter a leading light in all of the colored ladies clubshis smooth hand grazed…

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  • The Doppelgänger Diary

    Achoo! I grabbed my head to keep it from falling off. Barking at my sneeze, Mr Wiggles jumped off my bed and trotted down off to the kitchen. “Et tu cane,” I shouted after my Yorkie’s fluffy butt. Ugg, every inch of me ached in novel ways. Ding. I turned my congested head on my…

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  • Story Time

    It was the gathering time. In ThisPlace, there was a time for everything. Times to eat, times to work, times to sleep, and now was the time to gather and share information. They all adhered to the schedule because planning is life. To keep their island going each person had to do their share, each…

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