“Two more beers.” The woman, shy and not making eye contact stood and waited as the two talked. The fat man offered another which was declined with silence.
He swigged his beer and quietly belched. “I’m in mergers and acquisitions. People can’t lie to me. I learned it early on of course [...]

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The head paleontologist had the work crew haul the brontosaurus into one of the back rooms. “Thanks guys. Can you give us a few minutes here?”
As the crew filed out the dinosaur waited, and watched the scientist. Once they were alone she asked, “What’s going on, Doc?”
He cleared his throat. “I don’t [...]

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Seeing the last empty seat he sighed and sat next to the fat man.
He sat down, and became bored. After takeoff he began to relax. In an effort to pass time he began make small talk. He opened his mouth and thought of asking the fat man what he did for a living.
“I just killed [...]

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This was not the wimpy, white-wine yuppie-jazz stuff they call fusion these days, but real fusion – passion and precision, rock and jazz, structure and improvisation.
When the guitarist started his solo, Tommy actually stood up and walked right up to him. There was no stage in this dive, so he went over and stood [...]

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We can’t turn it off.
What do you mean you can’t turn it off?
The controls. They, they’ve frozen. There’s no response.
He paused and looked at him in disbelief.
So what we going to do?
What can we do?
Figure it out. I’ll make some calls.
…
The phone rang as she tapped her fingers.
Research lab.
We can’t turn it off.
Who [...]

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I’m going to kill him.
No you’re not. You say that every day.
I mean it. I’m going to kill him.
If you do kill him. Then what?
What do you mean?
What you going to do with the body.
I could bury it.
The whole body?
Well, parts. I suppose I could just leave it out.
And you don’t [...]

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Thomas?
Yes God?
Do you think there is life on Mars?
I don’t know. I doubt it.
Why do you doubt it?
It is so small. So far away.
That’s true.
Is there life on Mars?
No Thomas.
Why not God?
God paused. He sat silently.
God?
Yes Thomas?
I asked you a question.
I’m thinking.
You don’t know, do you?
God looked at Thomas.
Right. I mean, [...]

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When Watches the Moon first saw the distant shine, he didn’t know what it was. But by the third day he suspected: this was the Great Water.
Watches the Moon was eight winters when the elder spoke of the Great Water. “It goes farther than anyone could swim.”
Watches the Moon’s own father, the greatest [...]

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I don’t have a lot of friends anymore. The few I did have were my wife’s and she’s been gone for two years now. I’m not very good at keeping in touch to begin with, but my new line of work makes it even tougher. Her life insurance bought me a seedy [...]

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“…so then, she says to me, ‘Maybe this situation can help you learn a little bit about yourself. A little spoonful of self-awareness can’t hurt.’”
“She didn’t say that ’spoonful thing’. No way.”
“Exact quote. ‘A little spoonful of self-awareness can’t hurt.’ Sadly, that was actually in character for her. She said stupid stuff [...]

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He walked in, kissed his wife and hung up his keys. He said nothing as he opened the door and closed it behind him.
She sighed and went to bed. She set the alarm for 7:20 and drifted off to a lonesome slumber.
He sat in the chair and and watched the clock. [...]

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