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Per Hour — The Conditions
An email arrives headed with a banner picture of five smiling employees & “Congratulations! We're pleased to offer you the position conditional upon . …
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interval
fueling speculation—3: a motel strip dotting a ganglia of business parks on the outskirts of Music City. . .
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It was like a movie. — act six: We Gather Together
It's Gabe & Benny, lobbing insults over my pajama twin's property like a DMZ cornhole match.
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traditional winter capades
While a smattering of my neighbors have gone snowballs-to-the-wall with led-flashing/inflatable holiday character live-action displays — which I’m free…
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It was like a movie. — act five: Benny
Stay seated & avoid eye contact. This last premises is over-asserted by a scrapyard handyman whose truckdoor magnetic business card boasts a "Personal…
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Enigma of Initial Curiosity
Approximately a year ago to this day, my phone began to slow-drizzle a cryptic serial doodle in installments of wrong-number messages.
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It was like a movie. — act four: My Pajama Twin
The upcoming scenes contain inhibited discretion, so scooching our porch seats up a little is advised viewing for this next reserved Property of…
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Grilled Dispatch
Nature is the divine reward for enduring human nature.
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switchback
fueling speculation—5 (an oneiric read-along)
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Incident on a quarry road (an oneiric composition-accompanied perusal)
An early knock on a Saturday door opened to a man & woman, holstered without uniforms, asking if I'd noticed “anything strange”
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Per Hour — Disorientation 1
Casual business attire required. Bring a black ink pen. No tube tops. Pants must be worn around the waist area. Allow plenty of time for travel…
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It was like a movie. — act one: prologue
Let's imagine we're at a 24-hour matinee with feet up on the balcony rail. The movie hasn't started yet, so I'll fill you in with an unfiltered reader's…
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