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By the light of the closest star
By the light of the closest star The stars are beautiful. Daniel watches them and wonders which one is his. He also wonders what it must be like there. It was summertime here. Based on the revelations he learned this morning, this is a fraction of what his real home has for a summer. He…
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Butterbeans and vanishing returns
Butterbeans and vanishing returns Alex can see his friend pressed tightly against the cliff face. Butterbeans is looking back at him, as the strange creature begins its return from below. From his vantage point Alex sees everything unfolding in slow motion. The Sergeant kneels beside Alex and offers him a harness for climbing. Alex wastes…
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Over the edge with Butterbeans
Over the edge with Butterbeans Once, when Butterbeans had been very young, Alex went on a business trip. It had only been for two days. However, it may well have been a week or more. He had worried about Butterbeans nonstop. His concern had gotten so severe, he almost came back early before even making…
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Butterbeans and the leap of faith
Butterbeans and the leap of faith When Butterbeans had been a pup there were only a few things that she worried about. One was her Ma. The other was her people Alex. All of her first memories are of these two, her warm, her happy. Once when she had been a pup, she had been…
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For lesser space the time lost
For lesser space the time lost From the moment he had left the diner this morning, time had seemed to stand still for Jasper. He hadn’t stopped to consider all that had changed. For example how had all the police known he was going to be at that rest area? He had no idea. Furthermore,…
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What is junk food? Why is it not real food?
What is junk food? Why is it not real food? It was a first time conversation. Never before had we discussed junk food. Also, it wasn’t an out of the blue thing. This time the questioning began from the denial of a third snack cake. It was fair questioning because there were additional snack cakes…
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All that travels between
All that travels between He lands on the road. Hard. Glass shatters all around and he tries to maintain consciousness. The truck has stopped. Crashed on the other side of the guardrail. He struggles to catch his breath as he crawls to the unconscious gunman. The gun is on the ground beside him. Jasper snatches…
