| Jump
| | The young woman teetered on the rail. Car horns blared amongst the sea of brake lights on the... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 15-05-08 |
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| Recall - Wee Challenge #35
| | “Hey, do you remember that cute little restaurant with the beautiful garden, and those awesome... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 14-05-08 |
| Words: | 101 | | Comments: | 6 | | Status: | Public |
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| Barely a Trace - Chapter 53
| | Tom pulled into his sister’s driveway, steering around the bike and the pink Barbie car. He knew he would not be good company tonight, but hoped the positive mood in the house would lift his... | | Short Stories | | Genre: | Mystery | | Updated: | 14-05-08 |
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| Barely a Trace - Chapter 5
| | When Gerry stepped off the bus in Miami, he didn’t really feel any closer to Paradise. In fact, it seemed more like Hell. Hot, humid, smelly, not exactly the stuff of which dreams are made. He was... | | Short Stories | | Genre: | Mystery | | Updated: | 14-05-08 |
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| Barely a Trace - Chapter 1
| | “Mrs. Trace? This is Mrs. Harmon from Wee Kids. We were wondering when you could pick up your children.” Blood rushed to Mary Beth's face. She received this call once or twice a month when her... | | Short Stories | | Genre: | Mystery | | Updated: | 14-05-08 |
| Words: | 1635 | | Comments: | 7 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Barely a Trace - Chapter 52
| | Scott and Amy were waiting for her when she walked into the lobby of Wee Kids. Mary Beth knew she... | | Short Stories | | Genre: | Mystery | | Updated: | 12-05-08 |
| Words: | 2054 | | Comments: | 0 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Barely a Trace - Chapter 51
| | On the way to Mary Beth’s car, neither of them talked. Mary Beth sat quietly in the passenger seat, eyes closed, twisting the handkerchief. She decided to call her mom after she got home with the... | | Short Stories | | Genre: | Mystery | | Updated: | 12-05-08 |
| Words: | 936 | | Comments: | 1 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Barely a Trace - Chapter 50
| | Bobby Burrows felt like he’d put in a good day’s work as he left the station to go home. The tip Max had given him about the laptop was just icing on the cake. The techies found all kinds of dirt... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 12-05-08 |
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| Barely a Trace - Chapter 49
| | Tom ducked into another interrogation room to talk to Bryan. He didn’t want the Captain walking up and interrupting his conversation. “What’s going on in Miami?” “All Hell’s broken loose... | | Short Stories | | Genre: | Mystery | | Updated: | 12-05-08 |
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| Barely a Trace - Chapter 47
| | The detectives came back in the room with a fresh bottle of water for Jesus. Andrews looked serious, while Burrows smiled like a cat. Andrews offered the water to Jesus, who drank the entire bottle... | | Short Stories | | Genre: | Mystery | | Updated: | 12-05-08 |
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| Barely a Trace - Chapter 46
| | Mitch hung up with Tom Kaminsky and called Mary Beth’s office. He got her voicemail, left a message that he was on the way, and not to talk to the cops if they came for her. He told Mama to call his... | | Short Stories | | Genre: | Mystery | | Updated: | 12-05-08 |
| Words: | 1876 | | Comments: | 0 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Keys - Wee Challenge #34
| | Water splashed in the sink. “Where’s my brush?”... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 07-05-08 |
| Words: | 125 | | Comments: | 21 | | Status: | Public |
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| Barely a Trace - Chapter 48
| | Gerry’s eyes were swollen completely shut now, blocking all light, leaving a blank canvas for images of times past. Reality and dreams were all the same. He felt warm and weightless, with only the... | | Short Stories | | Genre: | Mystery | | Updated: | 07-05-08 |
| Words: | 1175 | | Comments: | 2 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Dead Lobster Tales
| | He couldn’t believe this was happening. Today of all days, when he’d finally managed to get Jenny from the apartment downstairs to agree to go out with him. It took him six months to get the nerve... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 06-05-08 |
| Words: | 389 | | Comments: | 7 | | Status: | Public |
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| Keys (alternate version)
| | “Have you seen my wallet?”... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 05-05-08 |
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| Variables
| | Just when she thought the day couldn’t get any worse, she looked up from the crusty mashed potatoes and pressed chicken-like patty her school dietician tried to pass off as lunch to see Brandon, the... | | Short Stories | | Genre: | Teen | | Updated: | 03-05-08 |
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| Barely a Trace - Chapter 45
| | “Jesus, is that your name?’ The black cop sat two bottles of water on the table. “Well, my name is Detective Andrews. My partner here, Detective Burrows, says you been buying dope. Wow, that’s... | | Short Stories | | Genre: | Mystery | | Updated: | 29-04-08 |
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| Barely a Trace - Chapter 44
| | Gerry was relieved when the blinding sun rose higher in the sky and out of his eyes. At some point during the morning his eyes swelled shut. It happened gradually, and now he couldn’t see much of... | | Short Stories | | Genre: | Mystery | | Updated: | 29-04-08 |
| Words: | 549 | | Comments: | 0 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Barely a Trace - Chapter 40
| | Early morning sun reflecting off the water blinded him, but Gerry preferred it to the oppressive darkness. He blew more air into the Zip-Loc bag to stay afloat. His tired muscles ached from the... | | Short Stories | | Genre: | Mystery | | Updated: | 29-04-08 |
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| Barely a Trace - Chapter 43
| | Tom Kaminsky dialed Mary Beth’s number, not sure what he would say but just wanting to hear her voice. The developments this morning were good news for Mary Beth, but he still didn’t know how to... | | Short Stories | | Genre: | Mystery | | Updated: | 29-04-08 |
| Words: | 1341 | | Comments: | 2 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Barely a Trace - Chapter 42
| | Raoul was a man with few options. Walking away from the crumpled body of the yuppie he just killed, he heard someone yell for him to stop. It sounded like something from a TV cop show. He was so full... | | Short Stories | | Genre: | Mystery | | Updated: | 28-04-08 |
| Words: | 539 | | Comments: | 1 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Barely a Trace - Chapter 41
| | Jesus couldn’t believe how the tide had turned. On top of the world one minute, handcuffed and chained to a table leg the next. It all happened so quickly. He was leaving the club with the blonde,... | | Short Stories | | Genre: | Mystery | | Updated: | 28-04-08 |
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| Barely a Trace - Chapter 39
| | An imaginary railroad spike pierced her forehead as she opened her eyes. Mary Beth always felt like this after a good cry, and last night she had a doozy. An pang of embarrassment burned her stomach... | | Short Stories | | Genre: | Mystery | | Updated: | 28-04-08 |
| Words: | 650 | | Comments: | 2 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Illuminated
| | As I round the curve on the far side of the lake, the oppressive feeling of fear is like a net thrown over me. The air has a charged feel, the tingly feel of static just before it rains, though there... | | Short Stories | | Genre: | Mystery | | Updated: | 25-04-08 |
| Words: | 1601 | | Comments: | 3 | | Status: | Public |
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| Gone Tomorrow- Beginning
| | Just started this today, working through the characters, setting up a Thanksgiving day event that shapes the rest of the story... The turkey cooled while Anna sliced oranges for fruit tea. Everything... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 25-04-08 |
| Words: | 537 | | Comments: | 3 | | Status: | Public |
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| Cover Up the Girls...
| | I have been traumatized. Horrible images crawl across the insides of my eyelids, haunt my sleep,... | | Words: | 296 | | Comments: | 4 | | Status: | Public |
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