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The Birthday Party

Written By Eric Fisher

I had watched television and seen the movies depicting the classic neighborhood street. There were the homes bunched together, the neighbors who held dim, meaningless conversations through the fences, the friendly folks who greeted each other every morning on their way to get the paper at the end of the walk. There were swarms of kids who lived in every house and spent their lazy afternoons playing in the streets, riding bikes or simply loitering and conversing. There were the stay-at-home mothe ......

Views: 621 | Comments: 0 | Submitted: Dec 07, 2006 @ 01:15 am

Work

Written By Charles Stayton

Work Clint fanned his log book in case they were operating the weigh station between Smyrna and Middletown. On his internal clock, it was about three in the afternoon, but he thought of his wife, Jane, waking up prematurely to the paid programming on one of the local stations. It was four in the morning and he was almost finished with the run he was training Eric to take over in a week or so. The two drivers—the most senior and junior overnight men for Quaker Cit ......

Views: 853 | Comments: 0 | Submitted: Dec 07, 2006 @ 03:59 pm