42 Dreams of Arizona Bay

I catch, out of the corner of my eye, a man darting in and out of his booth. He adjusts a frame, but I can’t see what it is. Then, he sees people leave their table across the aisle, and immediately shuttles all his stuff over there. I can’t see what he’s doing. I don’t [...]

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I’ve been buying jeans from a certain store for many years. They are one of the only places that stocks jeans that are my size and long enough. Tall women do not come fat in many stores, apparently.
So I just know to go to this one store, Aisle Breanne, let’s call it. They have a [...]

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Got an e-mail to my home address from a manager at work.
I blithely responded to the compliment because I did do a good job.
And then realize, two minutes after I sent the message, that I didn’t remove my signature file, as I would normally would when I, for some reason, have to communicate from my [...]

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I was introduced to Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series several years ago, and loved them so much that I gave copies to my stepbrother as presents. Though they were supposedly children’s books, I think he thought they were a little too hard to read, perhaps too dark. My landlord liked them so much that [...]

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It’s really dark with no lights on. Especially unexpectedly, and you can’t find the flashlight.
I was happily playing World of Warcraft when boom, the power went out. I thought perhaps it would come back on, and it tried, for a second, and then another minute later, it tried again.
I freaked out a little. I’ve watched [...]

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