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Me and the Magic Beans

19 April 2010 JohnU 0

You might not believe in magic beans.  Doesn’t matter.  Jack believed in them, and he grew a beanstalk.  So when I got my hands on […]

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Armando Luis Salazar

18 April 2010 JohnU 2

He wakes atop a fresh grave in the rain.  He’s muddy and achy, and he can barely see through the gloom.  Fortunately, there’s the near […]

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Anna

18 April 2010 JohnU 0

Obviously, Anna got there before I did.

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Poison

17 April 2010 JohnU 0

The poison spread quickly.  The man, barely more than a child, staggered at the edge of the bar.  Anyone seeing him assumed it was alcohol.  […]

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Bestiary

16 April 2010 JohnU 0

The creature struck the city forty-five minutes before rush hour, in full daylight, whilst everyone toiled at work and dreamed of the beers they’d soon […]

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Twirling: A Mostly True Story

15 April 2010 JohnU 0

The bar: modern day’s answer to a philosophical need.  Plans are plotted, relationships dissected, futures thwarted, pasts forgotten, and friends made, met, or lost. There’s […]