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Some Things Never Change

(I’ve been less than productive with my fiction and have taken to typing at random hoping I can beat the chimp also typing a random to recreate the Complete Works of Shakespeare. I read somewhere that the chimp doing so … Continue reading

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Trade Of a Lifetime

The memo went around the trading floor.  Finally, after threatening, after complaining, after squeezing an added few weeks to his already long vacation allowance, after working remotely two days a week, and after years of discussing his rich bucket list … Continue reading

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Magic Mushrooms

Morels! They nearly covered the floor of the forest. So many it was like a carpet, a carpet of fungi. Could there ever be too many? Too much of a good thing. Justin checked his guide for the umpteenth time. … Continue reading

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I Spy with My Little Eye…A Career Shift

Every word of this story is true except those which are not. The year is 1977 and I’m at Tufts pondering whether to major in International Affairs (IR), History, or just Poli Sci. Poli Sci was easier of the two, … Continue reading

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Coaxial This

The chat box gave a beep, and an icon start to pulse expectantly. It was a universal sign that a response was in the offing. Then a black cloud passed by; I’m Tom, your virtual assistant, and can understand full … Continue reading

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Island Hopping

Geoffrey Lewis looked south where the clouds had gone greyer and lower. Nothing. He listened for the helicopter. Maybe with weather coming in, they’d take the big aluminum boat with the warm cuddy cabin. But all he heard were waves … Continue reading

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A Virtual Life

We all have regrets. Coulda, woulda, shoulda…fill in the blank. It drives some people into insanity. Or into therapy. Or worse. Coulda, woulda, shoulda. Shoulda is the worst of the trio. I should have done this, but I did that … Continue reading

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Oskar

The smiles of the small crowd on the street disappeared faster than the people who hurried away from the boys in the brown outfits. Yelling profanities despite the presence of children who’d been enjoying the man’s show, they kicked his … Continue reading

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A Lesson for the Inner Child

Well, I did it; I bought a Rolex. I did it after coveting one, toying with the idea, for decades. It’s just a watch albeit a very expensive one, an unneeded acquisition especially just a few weeks after buying a … Continue reading

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Forsooth Sayer

Harry made suggestive gestures around the voluptuous crystal ball. Eyes rolled back into his head, he chanted words that could have been Arabic, he even invoked Allah, with a smattering of Hebrew he recalled from a Bar Mitzvah, but most … Continue reading

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