The fringes

Frank Cotter pressed the button on his intercom and said, "Send in the next applicant, Miss Brooks," and as an after thought mumbled, "an let's for christ's sake hope she's a good one!!!" While he[…]

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Henry's punishment

I entered the bedroom and found Lottie had wrapped herself in the velvet blanket, awkwardly sitting on the edge of the bed, anxiously peering at me. The cold in the room made my own body[…]

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Scene in an alley

copyright: Lesley Tara, 2011 Oh, heavens, I knew I shouldn’t have taken this short cut! Ironically, I did so in order to avoid exactly this kind of trouble. I am walking on my own along[…]

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Angus: my co-worker

This, it sort of a dream I had once about myself and a co-worker. I work at a grocery store and it's not very exciting, I often day-dream about things like this. The girls name[…]

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Payback

Payback I was setting at home one night in late September when the phone rang; it was Doug, a friend that I had gone to school with who had moved south after he got out[…]

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Rick's wife

Rick and I grew up in the same town, a half a mile from each other. We were best friends. We went to school, fished, rode bikes and hung out together at every waking moment.[…]

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