This one isn’t a bummer.
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Category Archives: The Here And Now
You’re very familiar with this type of story, because it’s happening all around you. They’re about plain ol’ folks like you and me, just living their lives the best they can. Or maybe they aren’t. Alternately known as “The Boring Realm.”
Day 219 – The Stakeout
Agent Mulqueen heard a knock at the van’s back door and her hand was immediately at her sidearm.
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Day 195 – The Birthday Party
“It’s hardly even a gun.”
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Day 176 – The Roommates
“If you don’t get back in the game soon, you’ll lose all the appeal of the little helpless bunny who just escaped his cage.”
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Day 168 – The Autobiography
“I guess you get to write it as you hear it, kid.”
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Day 160 – The Bouncer
“What are you gonna do about it, tough guy?” The guy flexed, puffing himself up like a cobra.
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Day 139 – The Good Cops
“Spotless records, both of them. Commendations from their superior officers, the mayor – hell, even their local congressman gave them shout out a few months ago after a major bust.”
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Day 137 – The Treasure Hunter
“Legend says that an ancient Indian burial site was hidden deep within this cave network, which, of course, comes with lost treasure guarded by deadly traps.”
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Day 130 – The Pipe
The best part about my job is that I work from home. You’ll never hear me complain about the commute.
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Day 124 – The Magazine Discoveries
There was a classic vintage to that, the musty smell of warped paper and the grit dusting the pages, reminding the youths that what they were doing was, in every sense, dirty. Continue reading
