Posted in 7 Days in November, fiction, writing on Jul 13th, 2009
First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 28 Furball didn’t want to admit he was looking for Jon at first, because, well, he didn’t. But the others were happy to let him know that Jon had found his way into the basement. Furball padded down the steps, trying not to alert Jon to himself. [...]
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First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 27 – Forward to Part 29 The table cleared as the night wound down, the rest of the group drifting away from the dining room to the kitchen for coffee and pie. Farly stayed, slouched happily across the table from his guest, content and warm, a drowsy [...]
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Posted in 7 Days in November, fiction, writing on Jun 29th, 2009
First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 26 – Forward to Part 28 The Checker was quiet, the hum of the engine making up most of the conversation in the car. Ty pulled off the highway at the Java exit. Bryan leaned against the window, watching the dark suburbs slide past them, pools of [...]
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Posted in 7 Days in November, fiction, writing on Jun 22nd, 2009
First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 25 – Forward to Part 27 For a long time, Bryan stared at the ceiling. It had to have been close to noon, and that was OK. He still lay in Ty’s bed, Ty still huddled close to him, the blankets pulled tight around her. He couldn’t [...]
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Posted in 7 Days in November, fiction, writing on Jun 15th, 2009
First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 24 – Forward to Part 26 Bourbon snapped out of sleep, sitting up fast, and his mind exploded in eight directions at once. Things weren’t right. The walls weren’t right, they were too close together, and the bed was all wrong, and the space around him felt [...]
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First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 23 – Forward to Part 25 Ty materialized out of the dark as Bryan close the basement door. “What happened?” She asked. She had changed into her sleeping clothes, a well-worn T-shirt and a pair of loose pajama pants. She looked comfortable and warm. Bryan took her [...]
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First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 22 – Forward to Part 24 Furball and Bourbon ate breakfast together, neither really talking, but not feeling the need to, either. It was nice for both of them to have the company, someone who wasn’t trying to be their surrogate sibbling, who wasn’t interested in telling [...]
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Posted in 7 Days in November, fiction, writing on May 25th, 2009
First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 21 – Forward to Part 23 The kids that woke up early for school in Java discovered a new, white-painted world, a scenery change that told them there would be no school that day. The snow that clumped smoothly on the ground was blank for now, but [...]
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Posted in 7 Days in November, fiction, writing on May 18th, 2009
First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 20 – Forward to Part 22 Friday night had become Ty and Farly’s House Night. Part of it — a lot of it — was that Ty and Farly made up half of their group, and their house was centrally located. They were close to everyone. And [...]
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Posted in 7 Days in November, fiction, writing on May 11th, 2009
First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 19 – Forward to Part 21 It was freezing in the Checker. The heater crapped out, and it was taking forever to warm up. In the back, Furball could see his breath in front of him. He rubbed his hands together and folded them under his arms, [...]
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