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Officer Rita Claxton walked the curb, checking the parked cars for expired tags. She was anxious to make the department quota this month. Rita wasn’t boyish, but plain and tall, a fact not helped by her unisex slacks and uniform shirt. She drummed her pen on her ticket book in annoyance. Passing by an apartmentContinue reading “Lovely Rita”

Ashley grimaced. Cold wind bit her face. She felt humiliated.             She had been told that the JJC Investments needed her – their top accountant – to sell a big investor on their reliability. But Ashley hadn’t been able to get a solid ten words in without Steve or Jared interrupting her to compliment herContinue reading

Kaitlein lifted herself over a section of collapsed ceiling and slide down into the central chamber. The catacombs of Saqra Pichu perforated the living mountain, tying its innards to the abandoned city above. The entire site was closed to the public, an edict enforced by the Peruvian military, but Kaitlein had never seen the pointContinue reading “Prompt – Archaeologist roboticized by alien technology”

With a grunt, Candance kicked the condo door closed behind her, still trying to balance the five shopping bags full of decorations.                 “Hey, Brad, you home? Honey?” No answer came. “Figures.”                 Candance managed to, carefully, deposit the bags on the kitchen island, so she could untie her trenchcoat. Brad may have tolerated Candance’sContinue reading “Prompt – “The Best Thing Under the Tree””