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Night shift yawned with boredom. Until it didn’t. In the economy parking lot at Portland’s airport, Jen caught motion out of the corner of her eye from shatterproof glass windows offering a 180-degree view. Lighted poles illuminated the covered lanes at the exit. Everything beyond them became a blank, black slate. But movement often jarred …
Hello, readers. It’s our favorite day of the month – FICTION FRIDAY. Read on for today’s story which was inspired when I wondered “What if one of those pretend robbery events became a REAL robbery?” They paid to have someone rob them. It sounds crazy, right? But their friends had spent their anniversary at a …
John swaggered across the room, lit a Marlboro, took a long draw then exhaled. He peered across the room at the unconscious woman, slumped across the futon, wondering when she would revive. Just then, the sound of an engine purred to a halt in the driveway. “The rest of the guys,” John said to himself, clenching his …