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I have 45 stories published in 3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 36525 times and 2 of my stories have been cherry picked.

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My stories

The woman.

Wanted me to write about her. 'Like what,' I said, 'I don't even know you. Give me something and I try.' She looked into my eyes then. Took my hand and put it on her thigh, under the thin fabric of skirt. I felt, I squeezed, I caressed. She moved my hand away. Looked into my eyes again. 'Now you got something to write about,' she said. © Marcus Bastel

Savannah.

I stayed in a dodgy motel just outside the historic district. The motel was in a horrible sixties maybe seventies style building. When it got dark I left to walk into the historic district and got some food. I had spicy prawns, they could have done with more garlic and some chillies to pep them up some, give them the kick they could deliver, the way I remembered her to prepare them. Afterwards I sat in a bar and got drunk, some pretty girls passed by. The waitress was one of them and when I fumbled my phone again she came up and told me that she had the same one and that it was a great phone and that she was lucky to have it.

The signing.

I read about it in the paper, Elmore Leonard would be signing his books today, in a shop, in town, 12:30 till. I was in the bathtub when I read it, thought James Ellroy first, always did, always confused the two before I got it right. I had a book of short stories by Elmore. That was all, he wasn't Ellroy he was Elmore, I pondered as I played with foam bubbles and tried to keep the paper from drowning.

Florida revisited.

Florida revisited. In the end I had to fly out by myself. Aggravation. It seemed that nothing could be easier than booking a flight and heading out. Only that her passport was no longer valid, so had to be renewed, and that took time, sadly a little longer than anticipated and that was the reason why I was sat next to a stranger on a plane now, wondering why I was always doing things that we were meant to do together, by myself.

Blind Man's Bluff.

An easy target.

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