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The fifth time Alejandro checked outside for his dinner order, he found something most unexpected on the doorstep. “Babe?” he called over his shoulder. “How exactly how much Thai rice did you order?” Eme arrived at his side, drying a glass with an over-wet towel. She immediately joined him in frowning at the large cardboard box just outside their door. It was big enough to hold a microwave...
Topic Tag Tuesday: "A True Emergency"
May 05, 2020
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1. The coconut hit Dave in the side of the head so hard, he fell right out of his boat. He knew Billy had said something dryly witty immediately after, but he was too busy nearly drowning to the words themselves. It was in that moment, with sea water filling his lungs and the subtle tug of fate pulling him deeper into the abyss, that Dave realized something essential: God didn’t just not like hi...
Topic Tag Tuesday: "Layers of Suck"
Apr 29, 2020
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Tomi Tomita was having a very bad day. It wasn’t that her tour had been cancelled at the last second, or that she was stuck in Toronto overnight with no hotel to stay at, or even that all twenty-two of her bags had somehow been sent to Toledo...the problem was entirely her . “No, listen, it’s all wrong,” she said to Horace, her personal assistant, and then sang another arpeggio up to high ...
Topic Tag Tuesday: "Secret Sauce"
Apr 21, 2020
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Holli was trying to concentrate on the livestream, but the sound of high-velocity thudding outside was driving her mad. She stormed out of the house, down the steps to the side yard and pointed a menacing finger toward the source of all her frustration... “Connor!” she yelled. “What are you doing out here? There’s an asteroid or something and I can’t tell what because you’re making all...
Topic Tag Tuesday: "That's Your Fault"
Apr 14, 2020
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Dave was halfway through the third episode of Tiger King when the Roomba changed everything by saying: “Oh shit.” Dave sprayed his Coke Energy everywhere, recoiling back up onto the couch in horror. “Did...did you just talk?” he wheezed. The Roomba twitched a little, its little lights flickering subtly. For a moment, Dave thought his mind was playing tricks on him. For a moment, he thought...
Topic Tag Tuesday: "Survival of the Pivots"
Apr 07, 2020
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