Welcome home, alyssa!

The first summer I worked for my family's boarding kennel will always rest fondly in my mind. It was my first job outside of flipping burgers or delivering newspapers. It was also the first job[…]

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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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Christmas angel

Melinda and her husband Mike used to go all out at Christmas time, decorating every inch of the house, inside and out. It was her favorite holiday. One of the traditions, Melinda brought from her[…]

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The carny

It was always the same in every little town and hamlet that the carnival stopped in. Walt would try and hook up with some of the local talent for the four or five days they[…]

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Wrong turn

"Frank, you nitwit," his exasperated wife Millie exclaimed, "you took the wrong turn, now we're hopelessly lost!!!" Frank slowed the big Caddy to a crawl as he tried to make out a street number, but[…]

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The gypsy's spell

The azure blue Mercedes that pulled into the parking space in front of the old building belonged to Mark Stanley, who made his millions in real estate. The building he was entering was one that[…]

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Salvation ch. 23

A/N Sorry it's taken so long to post. Don't worry, the story is almost complete. /> "It's totally amazing!" Peter Fuller enthused. "The change in my daughter Beatrice is phenomenal!" he told Doctor Croft as[…]

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Pow 2

POW 2 Crack! I awoke to a whip snapping on my bottom early the next morning. I’d slept in the guestroom, and at some point in the night, the blanket had slid halfway across onto[…]

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