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I’ve mentioned before that I have an unhealthy fixation with sports text simulations (and in particular, one baseball simulation league, though I am frequently the absolute suck and/or the Master of Fail). In fact, even as I type this, I am eagerly anticipating the release [...]
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<– Chapter 6 / Chapter 8 –>
“Did I tell you about my dream?” she said.
Ray glanced out the window, figuring to view gold rimed clouds of dawn (or maybe the muggy, bruised purple thunderheads of dawn, either one was good enough). “Did I tell you that you have to be at work this [...]
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<– Chapter 5 / Chapter 7 –>
“Hey, guy.”
“No, this is Ray.” He smiled, leaned back in his chair.
It was, of course, Pete. Pete was the night shift guy at Crossroads Detox across town. Ray called it the Jesus Shop because it was wholly supported by a contingent of local churches who saw [...]
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<– Chapter 4 / Chapter 6 –>
Shortly after five, the hospital called. More precisely, the emergency room phoned to ask if Ray had a bed. Ray pretended to consult his admission log, just as he always did. The nightly hospital call meant one of three things: the chemical dependency floor was full (highly unlikely), [...]
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<– Chapter 3 / Chapter 5 –>
Another phone call at just after three. He answered on the third ring.
“Is this Mr. Ray–uh. . .” The sound of shuffling papers.
“Yes.”
The voice brightened perceptibly, strapped on a mask of friendliness. “My name is John Donovan. I’m an attorney representing the family of Donald [...]
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<– Chapter 2 / Chapter 4 –>
The parking lot for the Center for Addictions Treatment was in the back of the building, as was the front door. The entrance opened on the only addition to the original farmhouse, a smallish room where the receptionist sat at one of two desks. The area was called [...]
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<– Chapter 1 / Chapter 3 –>
“My personal life is a mess, Ray,” she began. She sounded as though she was confiding a secret.
He said, “Okay.”
“No, really. Do you have time to talk?”
Like he had anything else. “You haven’t told him yet.”
“It’s the middle of the night, Ray! I don’t [...]
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<– Prologue / Chapter 2 –>
In his lifetime, Ray had done a number of things for which he was not proud, things he’d like to see just as well stuffed down a dark hole. Everybody had things of which they were ashamed. Everybody has committed their share of sins that they wish they [...]
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Chapter 1 –>
Rain, the young man is thinking. Of course it would be raining. Not a heavy, cleansing rain that leaves the streets steaming and the neatly sculptured yards lush and fragrant. This is a gray drizzling rain. A rain that makes him think of places like England and Scotland as they appear in those [...]
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In case you hadn’t noticed, there’s now a tab at the top of the site for the newly created archive blog for Agnosis. As of late last night (or early this morning, I forget which), the last chapter of that novel has been posted.
I hope you enjoyed it. Or will enjoy it if you’re reading [...]
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