The Curse of the Silver Lining_My Father's Son_Anybody Famous?_Special Delivery
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The Curse of the Silver Lining
He could erase your mind if you asked. Every drop of memory, from deeply imbedded past lives to your latest thought about the most recent news report. He could erase all of it. But you wouldn’t know it, unless you knew to ask. His massage suite was just off 85th and Lex. Very unassuming, as most small businesses are in New York City; you wouldn’t necessarily even know it was there unless you read the listing on the sign: Baden’s Bodywork, LLC, Suite 5, 2nd floor. He had a steady business; he was a talented therapist with a solid following, many repeat customers and a business built solely t...
My Father's Son
“Dad’s dying.”The words echo in my mind, bouncing around before they finally sink in.“What’d wrong with him now?” I ask.“Lung cancer. The smoking finally caught up with him. I just left the hospice home he’s at. It’s not looking great,” my sister tells me.I haven’t spoken to, much less seen, my father in years. Our parents porced when we were young, Sarah only 11 and myself 14, and our father had done little else besides sending in his child support check.“Are you going to try to visit him? I think you should,” she started. “This may be the time to mend some bridges...”“No, I don’t t...
Anybody Famous?
"This is it.....the bug city of Burnsville.""So this is where you grew up?""Yep...now you nsee why I never come back here.""Does kinda look like a dump.""Ouch...oh, look! The Dairy Twist is still here and open. Wanna get one?""Sure, shy not. May be the only good thing left here.""There's the old theater. Used to go there every Saturday morning...."One blueberry concrete. What did you want?""That flavor of the month sounds good. A meduim.""My old high school should be four blocks away. Wanna see where your old man learned all the basics?""Sure. Maybe you can get a refund.""Ha! Ha!...
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August 12, 4:03 pm:Hello, your payment has been processed, and your shipment is on its way! You can track your order below.Electronic details submitted by shipper, expected delivery date is August 18、 August 13, 5:01 am:Rodney loaded the last of the boxewww.onedoor.ccs and letters into the van, already feeling hot in the summer sun, which rose and set at unearthly hours. He put his water bottle to his lips, and when he finished drinking, there was a brown box right in front of him. Chuckling at his near mistake, Rodney put the package in the passenger’s seat, because he didn’t want to bother opening the bac...