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Chris CampbellChet McHenryShei Stories 04-07

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  • No Good In Goodbye
  • Bon Voyage, Mum
  • Will Today be Different?
  • TEN THINGS TO DO DURING A PANDEMIC (or whenever)
  • No Good In Goodbye

    Surveying the drab, muted room Poppy felt a peal of hysterical laughter rippling upwards like bubbles fighting their way to the surface of a lake. She clamped her hand over her mouth to fight the urge, fingernails digging crescent moons into her palms. You cannot laugh right now, she told herself. Keep it together, Poppy. A bell clanged over an intercom, harsh and metallic, and on the other side of the glass men in orange jumpsuits began streaming into the narrow space. Most of them were middle aged, although there were the outliers. A man with a snow white beard who could have passed for a ma...8JDone door

    Bon Voyage, Mum

    "Hurry!""The gate's closing soon.""I'm going as fast as I can, my dear boy."I held my tongue. My mum is always late for everything. For as long as I can remember, she would keep people waiting until she was ready for them. Should you have the audacity to want to be somewhere early or on time, my mum www.onedoor.ccwould turn that into a fantasy - if she was along for the ride."I've checked your bags through.""Here's your boarding ticket.""You are a good son!"Not knowing whether that was sarcasm or sincerity, I just replied with an emotionally detached, "humph!""Take the free buggy ride over there," I pointed...8JDone door

    Will Today be Different?

    Jessica held tightly onto the overhead leather rung as the transit car jostled her about. She tried her best not to bump into the several people packed around her as the car jerked about the tracks. Despite her best efforts to keep her feet firmly planted against the sudden wrenches of the car she ended up bumping into some guy reading the morning newspaper. She didn’t apologize. This was commuter traffic. Everyone knew the rules and expected to be tossed about on their way to work, home or wherever they were going. Bumping into one another was the norm. The car came to a sudden stop sending ...8JDone door

    TEN THINGS TO DO DURING A PANDEMIC (or whenever)

    Are you stuck in the house bored and discouraged, thinking this thing will never go away? Well if your like any other American, or human being, around the world, there's only so much t.v to be watched before you feel like your going to go absolute stir crazy.. So I came up with a list of ideas that has helped me get along, just a little bit better.. I hope they may help you too.. #1、 READ- books can take you anywhere you want to be. Just let your mind drift off, onto some unchartered land on a cruise ship, to a deserted island, as you go wondering through the majestic tropical flowers, to a ...8JDone door

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