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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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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…
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The mermaid and the seahorse
The mermaid and the seahorse It was a little slow in the currents today. In fact there hadn’t been any sea traffic at all as far as Stanley could see. And he could see pretty far. Also he had been hiding here for most of the day. Therefore he had carefully observed there was no…
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A short moment with Jasper
A short moment with Jasper The day is sunny and the truck is breaking free and heading headlong for the guardrail. Jasper pulls hard on the wheel trying to corral the truck back onto the road. The gunman is almost unfazed as he watches both the impending event and Jasper. The gun never lowers. Jasper…
