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  • Corrective Experience at the GigaMart

    “You’ll never believe who I saw last night…” Jen tried to sound casual, looking down at the fork in her hand instead of at Megan across the table. “Try me.” Megan’s green eyes sparkled as she took a sip from her mimosa. “Logan Hansen!” Jen announced in a voice that disgusted her—one that carried a false note of astonishment, she thought. She’d been working on taming her incredulousness for the last fourteen hours, but talking to Megan, she could feel that note creeping back in to the story. “I went to see my niece’s play, and he was there! I guess he has a son that goes to school with Gaby?”“Y...GJWone door

    Imperfectly Perfect

    Once upon a time, there was a girl named Kalyani who was not so little, she was thirteen. She moved with her parents from one place to another every 3 years. She had loved this routine when she was little, now she hated it. Anyway, Idlapur was where she was going to spend her next three years.Idlapur was a small town. Like any other respectable small town, it had a town square. The square had a clock tower. The hands of the clock were still at 11:00 hours for a few months now.The square was at the centre of not four but six streets. To the town’s credit it had a bustling market that spread ove...GJWone door

    Running Totals

    “I want you to have this!” she said.I undid the bow and opened the shoebox. I eased out the gift inside. It was something full of bells and whistles; a thingamabob between a Fidget Box that is given to those inclined to stim, and Ziggy, the Supercomputer of Quantum Leap.“Will it bite?” She laughed.“What does this do? And this? And this?”“That is for you to find out…” She smiled, and took her leave, not even staying for coffee or ice-cream.    I was one big mess. I had a list of ailments and conditions as long as my arm – alexithymia, anxiety, attention deficit disorder, chronic stress, cycloth...GJWone door

    The greatest weapon

    She was draped in lovely white. We were invited for her wedding but we attended her funeral-in thewww.onedoor.cc same marquee decorated with lights and flowers. We looked grotesque, wearing gowns and jewels, washing our make up with tears. Her parents and Mehmed, her to-be husband were stricken. She had been overjoyed, even though it was an arranged marriage. But from what I had seen, Mehmed was the most compassionate and caring human alive in Turkey.The last time I saw Evren, she was laughing, her blonde hair dancing around her waist. But often there are things going on in ones head. Resolutions. That beca...GJWone door

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