glimpses shared by our authors
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The ambulance roared onto the scene and the two uniformed officers began taping off the area. The detective's coat started to vibrate, he reached his hand down into his pocket ... read more -
The detective hung up the phone and slipped it back into his pocket, and peered apprehensively through the rain down the alley towards his car, dreading getting back into the ... read more -
While the chief enjoyed a huge, spacious office, Ike was not so fortunate. There was enough room for his desk, his chair and one accross from it, a printer which ... read more -
He turned his ringer back on and slipped the phone back into his pocket. With his other hand he returned the heavy steel cannon to its holster under his right ... read more -
The film finally opens amateurishly enough. The camera operator flicks on his device too early, and the frame shakes and jostles as he positions an unseen tripod is maneuvered into ... read more -
My roommates have drama. I'm trying to stay on the outside of it, but I can't help siding with Patrick. Jessi's boyfriend is a creep, and has threatened Patrick's life, ... read more -
I just moved to Chicago, and it's the springtime. Flowers and plants are blooming, little babies coming up from the ground. The robins hop around them, pecking at their pale ... read more -
Three- One, two, three You and me Four, five, six Our lips kiss Seven, eight, nine Were not fine Ten, eleven, twelve I'm all by myself I feel empty, missing ... read more -
I recently saw the history of life on earth described as an hour: 50 minutes of microbes and single celled organisms, 10 minutes of animal life, and all of human ... read more -
Her gray hair stuck out in all different directions. She was impatient, it seemed, for her shift to be over and she was annoyed that she would have to actually ... read more
