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Heather Van RensburgGloria Mur Stories 04-07

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  • Where's Vanessa
  • IN MY MOTHER'S HOUSE
  • A Discovery of a Lifetime
  • The secret of power
  • Where's Vanessa

    I love new gadgets. With these cameras fitted to my house I hope to feel safer – a widow needs to take all the precautions she can. Now these cameras allow me to see my garden, and even down the road. It is dusk, and I can’t wait to see what my garden looks like at night. Wow, I can even see into my neighbour’s bathroom window. I will ask the technician to set that camera a bit lower, after all, I do not want to be a voyeur. They have a nice big bath. I like the tiles. Uh oh something is going on there.I try to zoom the camera in, but no, it gets fuzzy. My neighbour, Mark, has carried his wife...gxPone door

    IN MY MOTHER'S HOUSE

    IN MY MOTHER’S HOUSEWhere I come from there are walls that cannot be torn down, couches and chairs covered in plastic that sticks to every exposed part of you, polished black speckled tiles under your feet instead of plushy rugs, window shades that flap against the sun that cannot find its way in…At the dinner table my mother stands against the small stove, stirring the chicken soup, frying the fish I won’t eat because of the bones, the bones I fear will stick in my throat. My fathewww.onedoor.ccr is silent, his face made of chiseled stone, my sister is kicking her small feet under the table and singing in...gxPone door

    A Discovery of a Lifetime

    Crystal didn’t know exactly how she ended up in this situation. She had been born a regular girl with an average family, but that all ended 6 years ago. Her parents had left for their Friday date night and never returned. Another driver had had a sudden stroke while driving and ended up crossing the line directly in front of my parents. The head-on collision killed the 3 people instantly.The next day Crystal was forced to pack up her things and was sent to a home for children. She was 10 years old and silent, probably still in shock from the news of her parent’s death. No one glanced at her o...gxPone door

    The secret of power

    Nobody noticed Jake's absence during the English class in the only college in the city. Jake loved technology. So, he took the computer science stream. Mrs. Norwich, the English lecturer for the class, had switched on the television in the class when a college staff member came and whispered something. She was a tall, young woman with black hair and large spectacles.The news flashed,"The Big Jumper is having another encounter with the Trapshot"."Wow!", shouted the excited students. The Big Jumper was a hero in that small city and could make large leaps.   Many times the encounter had happened ...gxPone door

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