Wonderfully dirty

This was the fifth night I had creaked the door open and peered into my brother Emanuel's room. Several days before, I had opened the door to ask for some help on my Geometry homework.[…]

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Bill and amber

Bill and Amber Amber could tell something was wrong the minute Bill walked through the door. He flopped down in his comfy easy chair and looked at Amber, his wife of nine years. “Bill, what’s[…]

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Delicate asian doll

I introduced myself to Yunjin when she arrived at my beach estate. We walked up the beach and over a grassy sand-dune down to an old Toyota Landcruiser utility parked under a big old tree.[…]

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Pickup mystery

A warm spring day and you are standing at the road side looking like you missed someone. I pull up and ask if you need help or a ride somewhere. You say you missed the[…]

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Retail therapy

Josie, as usual, was on the phone to her sister. I had slipped away into my study to work on the computer, knowing that I would have at least an hour uninterrupted. This happened two[…]

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The fog – chapter 2

A snake wiggled frantically, trying to cross a large area of open water before jaws could swallow it from beneath the still water. A mayfly fluttered over the surface, dipping and dancing, courting death like[…]

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