An older Canadian gentleman is intrigued by an online text ad posted by a 'prepper' supply company. He decides to enter the subterranean-living contest. After all, with plenty of food, water, oxygen……続きを見る
While watching the TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - Liverpool FC Champions League play-off match (first leg) in a Charlotte (NC, US) bar on a hot-as-hell August day, the author is accosted by a South American ……続きを見る
It's sometime in the future on planet Earth, perhaps the 25th century or thereabouts. The humanoid robots have won out. And, what do these ultra-smart androids do for entertainment? Why, they replay……続きを見る
A middle-aged man, a home inspector, stumbles upon a short cipher in southwestern Virginia (USA). As he tries to solve it, the weather conditions worsen. Then there is a medical emergency. Later tha……続きを見る
A largely autobiographical tale about the author's experience at a Charlotte (NC, USA) bar for the Liverpool - AS Roma semifinal Champions League match (first leg) on April 24, 2018. A certain busbo……続きを見る
The author (Agent 33) recounts a candid conversation with a Philadelphia Eagles fan in uptown Charlotte, while waiting for a streetcar to arrive on a muggy Friday morning. Some unexpected revelation……続きを見る
An older couple's conversation while in a Munising, Michigan restaurant. A recent accidental death and a store robbery are discussed. The man begins to feel his sanity is being 'taken away'.
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The author has a random conversation with a school teacher from Michigan at a craft-beer bar/store in downtown Morganton (NC, USA) on an autumn afternoon. The answer to the final question was hiding……続きを見る
The amazing one in the Big Apple, Al Nino, calls the pain-ridden, lowly author on New Year's Eve (2018), and launches a zinger-filled inquisition in reference to two bizarre dreams. Are they linked?……続きを見る
In 2017 on the central California coast, a proprietary, just-developed prototype, first-of-its-kind quantum computing chip is stolen. A nautical chase ensues. And then an unforeseen calamity. Suspic……続きを見る
Set in Laos in 2015. A teenage boy with a hyper-wondering mind becomes entranced by an old electric fan. But, just before the fan answers his many questions ...
Approx. 1100 words.
Ok for all ages.
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Agents 32 and 33 traipse around San Francisco on a grey October day, finally alighting in the West Portal neighborhood. All is going relatively well, but thoughts of what might have been pervade. Un……続きを見る
A 60-something male befriends a 50-something female online. The two Pittsburgh residents both have not-so-positive attitudes regarding humanity, which they perversely enjoy. On a gray winter day, th……続きを見る
An interracial couple goes for their customary weekend exercise excursion at a park near the boundary with southwestern Pittsburgh. All starts out well enough. But then one of them makes a costly ba……続きを見る
Do you play the Powerball or Mega-Millions lottery? If so, read this almost-completely-real-life short story, and hopefully you won't make the same multi-million-dollar blunder that Agents 32 and 33……続きを見る
A fired-for-unscrupulous-behavior bank employee decides to start a church in Atlanta. Money soon rolls in. Life is good. What could possibly go wrong?
Approx. 1600 words.
Probable rating: PG-13 (som……続きを見る
A 20-something Asian American clerk at a Charlotte (NC, USA) convenience store is up to something more than just sales of fuel and overpriced sundries.
Approx. 1500 words.
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On a Saturday in March of 2017, Agents 32 and 33 venture to Grandfather Mountain (NC, USA) from Charlotte, via Blowing Rock. They take in the usual sites, adding unusual remarks (and having weird th……続きを見る
Agents 32 and 33 of the psecret psociety take the train from Charlotte to meet up with Agent 14 in downtown Greensboro (NC, USA) and attempt to locate the mythical Jim character.
Another meta-real o……続きを見る
On a cold January evening in 1986 at Carolina Beach (NC, USA), three future agents embark on a mission to investigate a flashing hotel sign, some fifty feet above the ground. Everything does not go ……続きを見る
A jovial-turned-resentful discussion between two middle-aged men leads to Cape Arago from Coos Bay, where a surprise awaits.
2828 words.
Rated PG-13.
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In 1588, the Roanoke Colony (later known as the Lost Colony, as not a single colonist was found when revisited in 1590), an English settlement in present-day North Carolina, USA, is overrun by a Nat……続きを見る
In the summer of 1992, the author (future agent 33) has an interesting discussion with an Amerasian bartender in the fabled Sidle on N pub in the Outer Sunset district of San Francisco. Apparently, ……続きを見る
On a tranquil November evening, the author (Agent 33) and his wife (Agent 32) venture to a vegetarian restaurant in east Charlotte (NC, USA) for dinner. Nothing noteworthy is happening until a pair ……続きを見る
A pinay in her mid-20s, who is seeking a foreigner for marriage, and a 27-year-old American exchange letters back in 1989. All seems to be going fine. They will finally meet each other in the Philip……続きを見る
A quite hilarious at times (and ridiculously insincere throughout), paragon of first-word issues, lunchtime conversation in a high-end south Charlotte restaurant is overheard and transcribed. The su……続きを見る
A young lady repeatedly walks a North Coast (CA, USA) beach, searching for a certain semiprecious stone. She appears deranged. However, to one prestigious college graduate, Manda appears like easy p……続きを見る
On an October day in 2014, in near-uptown Charlotte (NC, USA), a wandering middle-age man accosts the author (Agent 33) at a crosswalk, seeking directions to Interstate 77. The vagabond, who has a v……続きを見る
The author visits an interesting 'numbers man' on a December afternoon in Charlotte after a car crash. The conversation branches out and curls back. Kat Da'dy presages the affair. Dwight Clark's fam……続きを見る
In the summer of 1992, the author (future psecret psociety agent 33), finds himself once again in the nearly hidden, knowhere [sic] pub called Sidle on N on Judah Street in the Outer Sunset district……続きを見る
