Monthly Archives: May 2007

Take Your Pick

He wore black bathing trunks with a white stripe down each side. He was young, tall, hard and bronzed. His hair was crow black, his eyes an intense blue, his nose sharp, his cheekbones prominent, and he was smiling radiantly. … Continue reading

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Merciless

Her husband was to be beheaded that afternoon. The king’s spies had discovered that he had spoken out bitterly against the king’s taxes, had called him a thief and a leech. She wore little more than tan rags when she … Continue reading

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The Best Cannery

Joel Gettrich had worked hard all his life, made a lot of money and retired with his wife to a small farm town in a fertile valley. On a large green knoll across the street from the five-year old cannery … Continue reading

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One With Nature

The heavy rain fell down hour after hour. It poured down the mountainsides and filled up the rivers. The rivers overflowed and swept through the towns. In one of these the Love The Globe building, low, fat, and poorly built, … Continue reading

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Good Job, Mr. Teller

The sky was black. If there were clouds one could not see them. In the blackness on earth there were streets lined with parked cars; there were office buildings and stores, warehouse and factories, filled with machinery and electric wiring … Continue reading

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Another Day At The Office

He stood naked above the city, his lean hard body pressing forward, his left leg bent in front of him, taking his weight and about to propel him forward. His right fist was set to drive through any and every … Continue reading

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The Dancing Day

They were young, young in spirit, and as they leisurely strolled across the deserted parking lot she clasped his hand and swung it between them. He looked at her with laughter in his light brown eyes, in his scarred face, … Continue reading

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