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Observations

fiction "Okay, you've been surveilling the neighborhood for a week now. Tell me what you saw and what you think we should do." "Most of the houses are abandoned. And there are a few that look abandoned, their windows are boarded up, the doors blocked,

Wrong Impression...

fiction My first impression of Carl was that he had to be very very rich. Even when I learned the truth I had a hard time shaking that initial thought. There were reasons for that impression. First off he had contacted me through LinkedIn for a job opportunity. Now only

Sound Investment...

fiction "First off, welcome to Reverb, we are so excited to have you here!" "Thank you. I'm looking forward to digging in to the research." "Sure, sure, sure...but today let's start with a little tour. Get you sort of acquainted

Stolen Memories...

fiction "...I need you to understand what exactly you would be signing up for." "I know what I'm asking." "I know you think you do. But...here. Let's start with this." He took the letter from her. "What is

Me Time...

fiction The sun wouldn't be up for another hour. If she got out of bed right now she would have at least that hour to herself. Maybe. She would have a shot at it at least. But as soon as the house started to fill with morning light

Disbelief...

fiction She watched herself in the mirror as she pulled her hair into its familiar twist. She could do it without watching by this point but out of habit more than anything else she did it in front of a mirror. After securing it with a few discreetly placed pins

Ghost Stories...

fiction To borrow from Charles Dickens, I was dead to begin with. I read A Christmas Carol when I was in school and my teacher told us that he started it that way, "Marley was dead to begin with," to make sure people knew it was a ghost

Superpowers...

fiction She was trying very hard not to lose her shit. She knew it wouldn't be fair to the two people in front of her in line, they weren't really the problem. Okay, they were part of the problem, but they were just the latest manifestation

History Lesson...

fiction She had read the story when she was a young teenager. It had been in a book that was meant to make history seem more exciting to rebellious souls. Later she found it in other books. Generally, about badass women throughout history. Which in a way made her happy,

A Quick Chat...

fiction The message had been set to expire within hours not days. She guessed you either saw it or you didn't and that was just the way of things. Nobody had been referred to by name, or even common nicknames. She had been added to the group chat

Cleaning Services (2)...

fiction Cleaning Services Deborah sat on the couch with a large glass of wine next to her. Grief was creeping around the edges of her day. She knew it would happen. There was no way to comfort a friend who had lost a parent without remembering your own loss. She

Cleaning Services...

fiction Deborah stood at Sarah's door and paused before knocking. She gathered her thoughts, getting her own emotions under control before taking on what was waiting for her on the other side. She raised her fist to knock and the door opened before she had a chance. "

Perfection...

fiction If you pulled up images of strawberries on the internet this would be the gold standard. The most strawberry of strawberries to have ever strawberried. The shape was perfection. That full rounded pyramid. The size was impressive. It was two inches tall with a full solid base. It was

Smile...

fiction "Let me look at it." "It's fine. Really. I've had worse." Dani sighed, "I know you've had worse. But at least let me look at it. Did they break anything?" Audrey gave a small half smile with

HOA

fiction Just some quick housekeeping, I noticed that in the email the tag doesn't post at the top like it does on the site. So I'll be adding a note if it's fiction so those of you that don't care for my

Messages...

The message came through with just a phone number. No name attached from her contacts. She would have liked to tell herself she didn't know who it was from. That the number wasn't familiar to her. But that would be a lie. She had erased his

Honestly, Though...

She stood at the nurses' station waiting for them to notice her. She could have said something but she was content to eavesdrop for a moment instead. She was in no real rush to see what she knew was waiting for her. "She reached out and put her

When You're Right, You Write...

Okay, let's start with the explanation. I've had this woman saying this line in my head for a week. It spun off of a funny exchange Brent and I had. I've tried to figure out what scene or story she belongs in but haven&

The Future Mrs. Peters...

"Cynthia, how many restraining orders did you..." "Objection. Assumes facts not in evidence." "Your honor, to present our case we must be allowed to bring in evidence from before. That is the entirety of our complaint." "I will allow it. For now. Objection

Supplication...

The Old Gods Before Legend had it that ambrosia was the food of the gods. But it was actually Deadre's chocolate chip cookies. What? You thought that Toll House invented those? Gift from the gods. Literally. Today she held a plate of freshly created cookies and went in

Before...

In the beginning (the true beginning, not the one you've probably heard about) In the beginning there were a lot of gods. Which makes sense when you think about it. A lot needed to be done. It's not easy to create something and when you are

The Old Gods...

Deadre played cards with her sisters. She was a very good card player. The problem was so were her sisters. It wasn't surprising considering they had been playing cards with each other for thousands and thousands of years. There wasn't much else to do. When they

Warranty Work...

"We've been trying to reach you about your extended warranty..." click She hung up the phone. She'd gotten so many of these calls lately. Her phone number must have been sold to a whole new collection of scammers. It always seemed to come in

Quite the Character

He did not have main character energy. He knew that about himself. He didn't even have wacky side kick energy. The most he thought he could muster was concerned bystander. But even that was probably a stretch. He was more the background of the background. The people you

Charmed, I'm Sure...

Angelica answered the door. "Serena, what a surprise, please do come in." Serena crossed the threshold carefully. "Can I get you anything? Some tea? I have cookies in the oven that are almost done. You have impeccable timing." Serena stayed by the door. "There is