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  • Three Times the Charm?

    “What did you see? Be honest, don’t embellish, we are just trying to get to the truth, we don’t need a novella on this one. Short story version would be best as time is of the essence. The longer it takes to get our questions answered the more likely it will be that something is forgotten, changed, unremembered, or simply in an attempt to impress us, lie. Don’t do that.”Sargent Grimes sat across from three people who would admit to having witnessed the shooting on Mayberry Street. Mayberry Street is one of those areas where everyone and anything could, and did show up on Saturdays, which is fl...1qkone door

    Seer

    I believe in miracles simply because one hasn’t happened to me. It’s easy to believe in something that no one is sure exists—there is no evidence to prove it doesn’t, after all. Hope is like that. It’s easy to have hope when the future is unknown, unfolding like the crumpled wings of a newborn bird. It’s like oxygen and clouds and the space between fingertips—something we can’t always see or touch, but know is there. I’ve always believed in the inherent unknowable mysteries of the world. I’m not so naive or egotistical to say that I have a Gift—fortune-telling is like any other skill, it take...1qkone door

    The Cat Lady

    Billy stood on pointed toes as he watched the commotion next door with interest. He couldn’t help himself - he was as curious as any young boy, and hard-headed to boot. Though the high window frame obscured his view and forced him to crane his neck uncomfortably in order to catch a glimpse of the world outside, he wouldn’t give up his front row seat for all the world. Especially nwww.onedoor.ccot today. Not when there was so much to be seen.Normally, of course, his mother would have scolded him for such nosiness; such behavior was unbecoming of the friendly neighbors that she insisted they could be. If the...1qkone door

    How You Look at Things

    Looking intently out of the train window as the train gathered speed, keeping her gaze focused outward, not fixed on anything but the far horizon, the images began to blur. Aria sighed contentedly as the world in front of her swirled into the swirl of color and shadow that she knew it was. Being in motion was one way to see things as they were—twisted, churning, blending together. It probably wasn't the best image to have at that moment. Going to a new place, a new job was supposed to elicit emotions of excitement and enthusiasm, to be thinking of new beginnings and the future that lay ahead, ...1qkone door

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