Agents 32 and 33 drive to Salisbury (NC, USA) from Charlotte to visit Agent 33's dad at the VA Hospital. They then head back to Charlotte on I-85, stopping at the popular Concord Mills Mall for a fr……続きを見る
Agent 33 of the nebulous psecret psociety recounts a strange dream about someone whom he has never met (Ted Maize) over rooftop beers in Charlotte. But, was it really just a dream? Was it his dream?……続きを見る
Hua is a young woman from remote northwestern China who takes a factory job in Shanghai. The work is tedious, wrist-aching and spirit-defeating. The hours are very long. On her only day off, she rec……続きを見る
Agents 32 & 33 of psecret psociety discuss possibilities for a soon-to-rain Saturday in Daly City, California. A strange image is recalled from the day before: is it a portent of an imminent earthqu……続きを見る
Agents 32 and 33 of the psecret psociety travel to Washington, DC for a simple passport renewal. However, a strange, meta-real adventure soon begins, and they quickly find out that they may not be t……続きを見る
A new couple in Pittsburgh revert to their old ways when the topic of conversation is arrested by a nondescript drip tray.
Rating: PG-13.
Word count: 1717.
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The author (Agent 33) contacts 'the amazing one' (Al Nino) on a humid spring day to get his take on Arcata (California, USA) and the surrounding area. Al shares some interesting anecdotes as the int……続きを見る
Two sexagenarians meet up to reminisce and discuss a science-fiction novel (that has a not-so-happy ending) written by the one who now lives alone in a cabin in isolated, rural Oregon.
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Agents 32 and 33 go out on a Thursday evening in late May, searching for a short story in east Charlotte (NC, USA). With two strikes on them, they stumble upon a home run in a Plaza-Midwood bar.
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In 2013 at a small northern California restaurant, a Caucasian man and an Asian woman recall a long-ago hiking adventure on the Lost Coast. Thoughts of 'what might have been?' pervade. Will they pic……続きを見る
A first date occurs in a most-unusual bar in east Charlotte. Then there's a vanishing act. Where did she go?
Approx. 2500 words.
Probable rating: PG-13.
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Three 30-something individuals are involved in the transfer of an all-new, ultra-revelatory, mind-blowing substance on the Oregon coast in the fall of 2019. However, something goes wrong. Someone (o……続きを見る
It's their third date, and their first out-of-towner. It's a nice summer afternoon at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville (NC). All is going swell. They are becoming very relaxed around each other. And……続きを見る
A cadre of Frenchmen head to coastal northern California to perform and film a risky stunt. The weather deteriorates. Suspicion and revenge move in. A noir-esque drama ensues. Suddenly, they are in ……続きを見る
Agents 32 and 33 find themselves in downtown Salisbury (NC, USA) on a July afternoon in 2014 and decide to go for a late lunch. Notes are hidden and advice is given. All this while a World Cup socce……続きを見る
A fairly ordinary fellow goes for a psychoactive hike on a spring day in the mid-1960s in the Lost Coast area of northern California. Soon his mind is very alive. But tragedy is always lurking a few……続きを見る
Agents 32 and 33 of the psecret psociety take in a minor league baseball game in Charlotte (NC, USA) in April of 2014. They are almost struck by a baseball, but it curves and becomes a just-inside-t……続きを見る
Agents 32 and 33 return from self-imposed exile and scrape Beaverton, Oregon for existential clues in the late summer of 2020. Two cans of Rant-o-Roni are uncovered. A Texan émigré calms the scene.
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A senior salesman tries to make one last sale at a soon-to-open bar in Bluefield, West Virginia. Before demonstrating his rapid-refrigeration device, he has a meandering, sexually allusive, past-rec……続きを見る
In the late 1980s, a group of young adults plan a private rave on a desolate area of northern California's Lost Coast. All seems to be going fine until ...
Word count of original manuscript: 2040 wo……続きを見る
Three frequently recurring agents (32, 33, 66) look for an Asian grocery store on a tranquil autumn afternoon in the foothills town of Lenoir (NC, USA). They meet a 'walking man' with a dark appeara……続きを見る
Agents 32 and 33 go to Carolina Beach on Thanksgiving Day 2014 and check into a nearly vacant oceanfront hotel. All is going ho-hum normal until a man suddenly unlocks their room's door, while both ……続きを見る
In Grants Pass (Oregon), an Asian American lady meets up with a Caucasian American female friend who has something to her. The two late-20-somethings enter uncharted territory. But bliss is never fa……続きを見る
A young couple, keen IT professionals from the Netherlands, move to Silicon Valley, hoping to hit it big. They get their lucky break and move to secluded southwestern Oregon. But, when everything se……続きを見る
The 1990s - especially the early years - in the North Davidson arts and entertainment district (NoDa) of Charlotte (NC, USA) are recounted in this 2200-word short story. Three of the early major NoD……続きを見る
A day-date in south Pittsburgh some two decades prior is recalled on a perfect autumn day. Thoughts of 'where is he/she now?' pervade. And then on the local news later that night ...
Rating: PG-13
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A virtual soccer/football game (which could be used in a betting pool) is devised by a seldom-heard-from psecret psociety agent. The lottery-numbers-based procedure is outlined meticulously. The sco……続きを見る
A grandfather and his two grandkids go for a walk on a majestic autumn evening in a field in western Kentucky. When the three of them seem to all see something strange, their wonderings rapidly mult……続きを見る
[[||]] … from the [virtual] inside flap …
All thirty-six short stories from calendar years 2018 and 2019 are invisibly bound together in this digital document. Just like the other collections of Pse……続きを見る
