The window

After my wife and I divorced the first thing I did after the ink on the divorce papers dried was to move back to the city. I was originally from the city and I had[…]

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A dream come true

The ancient, dusty cobweb expanded as the warm air tugged at its weakened skeletal fabric. A rumbling swelled within the confines of the underground station; a roaring sound interspersed with the 'clickety clack' of steel[…]

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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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Aux ed – part one

"Aux Ed" – school fantasy (mmf, mff, public, mast. young) (First story submission – will post more if received positively) /> John Burke had always wanted to be a teacher. He cruised through college, obtaining[…]

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Hot apple pie

I had just gotten home from working a double shift at work for the weekend. I was walking into the garage with my stuff from work. As I was about to go into the house,[…]

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Heart to heart

"So, how was the honeymoon," Fay Vickers asked her just married daughter, Katie!?! "Really good, mom," she replied, "everything as just great, and we're both hoping we get to go back to Cancun again someday,[…]

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The experience

She arrived outside the restaurant a bit early. She walked up and down a few times and decided to go inside to wait for him. "Table for two for Johnson" she told the waiter. She[…]

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