Published: Dec 17, 2020
She slipped the fake face over her own, standing in front of the mirror. Slowly the other person eclipsed her own. At first she felt hidden, flattered, bold, like another person. What ...
Published: Dec 16, 2020
Chester liked to play the Queen's Gambit, at least lately. e4 e5 c4 He couldn't do anything with it, as he liked open games better. But he needed to expand his understanding ...
Published: Dec 15, 2020
She didn't have any reason to, but she wondered what had happened to the man she had seen on the train. He had winked at her, between puffs of steamy breath. The ...
Published: Dec 14, 2020
"I was just having a little fun." Larce smiled. "How's that?" "Did anyone get hurt?" "It's a serious offense to tamper with the lottery." "I was not talking about the lottery. I ...
Published: Dec 11, 2020
"If some of the votes do not count this time, how can they all count every future election," my father said to my mother. "The doors they are trying to open cannot ...
Published: Dec 10, 2020
"I was in the bar the first time I saw her. Admittedly, I was a couple beers past a pint so I can't be entirely confident in my memories," Larce said. "When ...
Published: Dec 09, 2020
The moron Joanie was seducing to carry out her plan left in the testing numbers. He was supposed to be an expert programmer, with years and years of experience. And this kind ...
Published: Dec 08, 2020
The winter sun was deceiving: bright but there was little heat. Yerl wore sunglasses that felt like not enough and watched the steam from each exhale. The park was quiet, only a ...
Published: Dec 07, 2020
He looked through the people in the virtual meeting out of boredom. There were faces with interest and faces with distraction, mostly appearing engaged in other things on another screen. There were ...
Published: Dec 04, 2020
Joanie had never attempted such a grand event, and her skin tingled as she thought about it. The pick lottery numbers were being announced while she watched television. The idea gave her ...