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Christina ReynoldsRichard Wood Stories 04-07

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  • Fabian the Fibber
  • Chips on everything... and with
  • Black Four Seater
  • RE: Detention Facility Incident Report
  • Fabian the Fibber

    When Fabian’s father left to get a pack of cigarettes, he said he would return before sunset. He just didn’t say which one.Fabian looked out the window for many weeks, wondering why the cigarette store was so far away. But his mother didn’t miss his father, so Fabian decided he didn’t either. At school, the other 3rd graders weren’t as generous.Your dad is gone, they teased Fabian. Your dad bought a bus ticket to Milwaukee and he isn’t coming back.“My dad got a call from the President,” Fabian said, looking each one of them in the eye. “He’s a secret agent. He fights the Russians.” Your dad is...qNvone door

    Chips on everything... and with

    EVERYONE knew it as the greasy spoon. But it wasn't fair. It had a five star hygiene rating for a start. And never did I get a spoon that was greasy. Not clean perhaps but never greasy. Even that is probably unfair since I do not recall complaining. And I would have. Bert, we all knew him as Bert. So far as I know he was 153 years old and had been running this East Anglian caff (sorry but it did not deserve an 'e' never mind an acute accent) with its surprising name for most of those years. Without changing the menu. Oh yes, that name – Monsieur Albert's Diner. See that? Bit of French, bit of ...qNvone door

    Black Four Seater

    TW/CW: Some cussingSeller’s Rating:

    RE: Detention Facility Incident Report

    The first case I took established my name in the black market of gossip. You know the type: tacit probe followed by the inevitable-yet-revealing “I know a guy.” I owed Ariel for launching me into the spotlight even though it turned me into a marked man.Nobody knew www.onedoor.ccif she called herself Ariel because of the pearls, or if the pearls came afterward. She brought them from outside the gate, flaunting her apparent status with a clatter of beads on her wrist. Opinions split on whether they were real or not. One day we agreed she was a con artist, another we erred towards a wealthy plutocrat gaming th...qNvone door

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