Category: Fictions/Stories

Going Home

Carol was always worried about walking home at night. The city had grown so much, and downtown wasn’t as friendly as it used to be. It was Monday night, the streets were empty, only the occasional taxi passed her by as she walked along the road trying to remain as inconspicuous as possible. Carol hated …

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Barry Looked Out His Window

Barry looked out his window. It had been a long time since he had left the house. Of course, he had gone outside, into his backyard or onto the roof, but that wasn’t the same as actually leaving the house. Facing the world was different, and facing the world was what he would have to …

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A Typical Day Off

It had been a very long few weeks, filled with terrorists, murderers, and barely-thwarted mob wars. Elaine Vespen’s day-to-day routine in all of this was much the same — go in, get ignored until some detective desperately needed (and therefore yelled for) her technical skills, perform the impossible on cue, receive little or no thanks, …

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A Day at the Beach

Sand had never been one of his favorite things, especially when it was wiggling its way into his sneakers through the holes he could never find when he looked for them after he dumped them out. It was so gritty, and it got into everything! Whenever his mom brought him and his sister to the …

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THE PERILOUS TRAIL

Evelyn Jeeters stood at the window of the rough-hewn log cabin, peering out into the dimming afternoon. Soft golden shades of late afternoon were descending over thickly grown evergreens outside. She pulled the faded muslin curtain aside and stared at a narrow dirt path leading away from the cabin. Surely Andrew would be home soon? …

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