Totally trapped

"I dare you," Teresa said, her eyes sparkling with mischief. Mary swallowed and found her mouth dry. But the clerk had gone in back to hunt for the film Mary had asked for. She stepped[…]

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My neighbor ned

My Neighbor Ned I’m an old guy widowed; living in the same house my wife and I raised our kids in. I have great neighbors some who have lived here as long or longer then[…]

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Her guardian angel

HER GUARDIAN ANGEL By J.G.E. POWERS The first time she saw him she almost laughed. He was roly-poly, and wide-eyed, as if he was seeing the world for the first time. An image of the[…]

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Recollections2

Recollections We were both young, recently married and attending different colleges. We shared the car, both being able to drive. Sometimes I took it; sometimes Pam did, usually when we knew I could get a[…]

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The first day

"It's gonna be a great day," Vance hummed to himself as he punched floor number twenty nine on the express elevator, "a new job in a new city, what could be finer!?!" Vance Hawkins was[…]

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Alice labs

It's so hard… It's so hard not to cry in front of the scientists. I wouldn't if they'd pull the tube out of my mouth and let me talk to them. No, they don't. They[…]

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