• Call Me Red

    From the cappuccino machine to the wheezy copier to the big warm window sill, this office is my range. After second nap, I thought this would be a typical five nap day but then I caught the sour whiff of anxiety. Stretching from the sunny patch on the conference table, I leapt to investigate. I

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  • Have You Heard

    “Have you heard about what happened to Vi?” Ilse’s said in a stage whisper that carried over the chatter of china and din of the usual afternoon crowd at the Inn at Blue Rock.Renate stiffened. She had her back to Ilse’s table. Without turning Renate could picture Ilse’s table precisely. Snowy cap of sleek hair

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  • 8 Minutes

    Breathe, Ian, breathe, I told myself. Cupping my hand, I checked my breath for the seventh time. I peered into the rearview mirror again to admire my fresh cut and scan the coffeehouse’s door. My watch read 11:13. We’d set up the date for eleven but I know chicks are always late and get a

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  • No Time To Lose

    “Wait, time travel are you talking about real life time travel?” Miller said, jumping up from his seat.“Dr. Gunter, calm down, please calm down, and listen.” Dr. Sanjay Chen spoke in a soothing voice. “I know this is disconcerting. This is not how we typically like to involve our partners in our conversations but time

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  • Forty Winks

    3:33 am, Hargreaves Institute, Univ. of Western Indiana, Krackow, IN Hiss! Victoria Boyd awoke with a start. She fluttered her eyes in the pitch darkness.“Good morning Tory. Or do you prefer good night, dear heart?” The voice, low and hoarse, was right by her right ear. Boyd tried to move each one of her limbs.

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  • Whatever happened to the Mary Celeste?Who encircled the globe in the 1870s Abandoned off the Portuguese coast bereftOf her captain, crew all lost to the sea Her hatches asunder, her quarters a messNovember 25th the ship log’s final entry Was she the victim of betrayal and theft?Some look for answers in piracy Other blame nature

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  • Hello, Cat

    It had been a pale blue day, almost gray with a promise of sun that never came true. Cat had spent all of that day alone. She liked it that way. Wandering, she walked until she came to the woods and then weaved in between the trees. Tired, Cat napped in an afternoon sunny patch

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  • Plot Twists

    The front door banged open. With armfuls of groceries, Natty hurried inside and nudged the door closed with her right foot. Pyewacket threaded between her legs as she unloaded her milk, bread, and eggs.“This isn’t helping me go faster,” Natty said as she took off her raincoat and searched her pockets and purse for her

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  • 527

    “Mike, hi I’m Geena Szusza, welcome to 527 Lightbearer Way. Three bedrooms, two baths, roof replaced less than ten years ago—““Hold the phone, what house? You don’t mean this thing.” Mike pointed at 527, a baby blue Cape Cod hanging recklessly off the end of its street.“527 is a hidden gem. Upgraded energy efficient windows

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  • The Early Bird Special

    “Swallow verb, definition to cause or allow something usually food or drink to pass down the throat. Swallow, noun, definition the act of swallowing something usually food or drink. But the phrase, one swallow doesn’t make a summer. Explain please Dr. Shalim call me Jon. People like foods and drinks and people like summers. Does

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