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The bar sounds grew (as bar sounds will) until everything rushed together -- clinking glass, tinkling ice, laughter and zippers going down then up.
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187366
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A son packs his bag - bottled water, extra masks, and jerky. Mom paces behind him. “Don't go.”
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187362
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After she died, clearing out her safe deposit box at the local bank, I found more numberplates.
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18731914
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His work was done. For sixty years, beginning soon after his seventeenth birthday, he had listened to the gods- good, bad, somewhere in between-
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1873158
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this reaching, this striving to love like it's there becoming something we need.
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18731814
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Also in development,/
the anatomically perfect robot/
pool boy and naughty maid,
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187211
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He thought the scarab was bad luck. I knew too little about omens to argue.
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187221
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Mrs. Noah eyed the thickening clouds from the front stoop. Noah was still out in the yard kicking up sand in disgust, arguing with himself the whole time. Piles of cedar timber lay strewn all about. Maybe if they’d lived even three days’ journey clos
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187231
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the future wrapped up in a dream
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187288
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dicks, skulls and upside down crosses
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187262
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"What is a vageena?" I wanted to know.
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187220
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The cabin has windows all around, like ribbon tying a birthday present.
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187252
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187240
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Except, something about Margaret was a little off. She would stop typing suddenly and look up at the plant, studying it, almost as if daring it to cross her. Then, she would go back to her computer and start pounding away again.
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1872139
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Like many little towns, ours has an archive. It is a catalog of everything that happens.
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1872106
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“Ol’ Betty has a nice set of headlights,” he says with a wink as he springs out of the recliner.
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187221
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I can still feel the texture of those humid Delta mornings, hear the rhythm of the voices of black children echoing down the halls. I still remember the sense of purpose that I had each day, knowing that this, here, mattered: a child’s education, their
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187111
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"We regret the inconvenience. Due to hijack activity, we have orders to secure this flight. Please remain seated. We will be landing shortly. Thank you for your cooperation."
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1871114
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Mounds of earth and grassless ground
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Indeed, it was quite likely that no one in town had ever played either of these games. The townsfolk were not big fans of word games, though they did enjoy Whist and Canasta.
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187166
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There is a push-up on the ceiling. I don't know how to get it down. I've tried hitting it with a broom. That just made it blow steam. I asked my wife, did you do push-ups on the ceiling? She did. Why? It's easier up there. The cat doesn't bother me. Well, you left…
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Matthias Fenstermacher loved onions, but hated slicing them, and so he labored to produce a tearless variety. His first attempt was indeed tearless--instead of weeping, the slicer was overcome by fits of uncontrollable giggles. The potential hazard was
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187154
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Never touch David Letterman's neck!
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1871124
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I look for the boy we met inside the club, the one who claimed he loved playing with matches, setting fire to churches. I spot him smoking a cigarette, standing so cool against the side of the club, like he might be the nephew of some Viking guitarist hun
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187173
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the air is a fierce tangerine tonight
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187100
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18711310
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I see my siblings once a year when we all show up, as if required by law, to eat Thanksgiving dinner. It is apparent with every bite how much they hate each other.
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1871115
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He looked straight at her, not to challenge her, but to better gauge what it was she would throw at him. Her eyes always darted to the thing right before her red, swollen fingers snatched at it, like a thing possessed.
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18712713
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It’s beautiful to look at and to hold/
though true musicians would be appalled/
by the black plastic
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