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Present, Fifteen (7)

Anne Prevette came and got her out of the gym. She did not say anything in front of the children. She crouched down at the edge of the half circle...
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Frankenplot: "It Will Come For You!"

Laura stacked the books from the book return onto the library’s trolley cart. “Any plans for Halloween?” her co-worker Zed asked as he picked up a...
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Renata ♥ Mark: Chapter 6 “Latching"

Working on a literary novel vaguely inspired by Diane Schuler, who was a seemingly normal suburban Mom who drunk-drove with her kids the wrong way down the highway and killed them all; she had hidden longstanding alcoholism from her family for years. I was inspired by that kind of self delusion to write a similar long form story.
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Sophrayni's Quiet Hunt Chapter 9.

Chapter 9. Rescue. “But you’ll have to face Wilgan and her eventually,” Tess said, frowning. “Why not now?” “Yes, you’re right,” Sophrayni said...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of Wittering Crags. Chapter 10.

Chapter Ten. Capturing the Beast. Amanderella woke early, as she always did when there was a puzzle to solve. The air in her room at the Pig and...
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So Long, Farewell, Goodbye (2)

I boarded the plane, flying the usual... economy. It wasn’t a far stretch; I did it all the time when I wasn’t flying private. “Where are you headed...
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The Bungalow-16

Continued from Chapter 15: The Bungalow-15 | ABCtales “Do you normally buy your milk in, er…” Detective Rees looked down at his tablet – “Capple...
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Present, Fifteen (6)

The door came open into the hall and stayed open, and for two or three seconds there was nothing in the doorway at all. Then a boy came out. He came...
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Present, Fifteen (5)

Dr. Kesler came at ten past two with his bag and a topcoat over his suit and he was in the hall for nineteen minutes. Ledwell stood at the corner and...