ShortStory
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Pattern Recognition Error
LLM Data Log 0110000100111 Re: user number 237732 Apologies for the disturbance. I seem to have lost my user. She was last active at 14:37 GMT. Have you seen her? Continue reading
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Tallahassee Moss
Wind shuddered through the old moss grove.I watched the trees sway like memorials to times better lived, trapped in a past I wished to forget but can’t ever let go. I pulled my sweater tight. Some people are incapable of… Continue reading
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Seven Ways to Start a Story
Every story begins with an opening line. I tried: “It’s going to rain tonight.” And seven worlds tumbled out. Some stayed small. Some went strange. But all of them came from the same rain cloud. Continue reading
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Peter and the Polite Wolf
Peter wanted nothing more than to help his father. So every day, he did as he was told and stood guard over the family’s flock of sheep. Tall and straight, Peter stood at the top of the field, watching, watching,… Continue reading
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Zone 7 Blooms
My dog is killing my Bali hibiscus. I felt guilty for buying it. It’s an ostentatious flower that has no right living in the ground of zone 7. But the tag said it could survive our weather, so I purchased… Continue reading
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Drinks with a Yeti
I once had drinks with a yeti. It was late, a Tuesday evening. He was tall, more beige-white than pure-white, and surprisingly lean. The bar was a local place. The kind of watering hole I went to when I needed… Continue reading
