News of the tragic death of a young, non-conventional, artsy Filipina reaches the ears of a 26-year-old pinoy in a Cebu coffee shop. 1717 words. Loosely based on reality.
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A Filipino college student in Cebu receives a most-unique assignment: create a game that employs a die and an analog clockface. At first, he is flummoxed to the max. But then after a few sips of a m……続きを見る
A teenage Filipina goes blind in Bohol. It's a harsh adjustment. She is bitter at first, but later becomes optimistic. Then a natural catastrophe hits. Who will save her?
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An Irishman takes a vacation to a small island in the Philippines. The Filipina waitress has quite a tragic story to share. Can horrific loss lead to a new beginning? If an American movie, the ratin……続きを見る
On a splendid fall day, Al Niño calls in with unsolicited e-book advice for the author. However, the rambling conversation soon deteriorates once again.
Word count: 1616 (original manuscript).
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A very strange, multi-faceted, coarse-tongued, bizarrely costumed performance artist re-alights in Pittsburgh after a long national absence on a winter night at an East End dive bar. His act gets of……続きを見る
The author recalls a winter walk with his dad and younger brother a half century ago in Raleigh, NC. They stumble upon some unlikely ruins. Thoughts of the future abound, and rebound.Length: 1919 wo……続きを見る
A Flemish father returns to the exact place where a horrible tragedy occurred years ago, seeking clues. The memory of the fateful day is still quite acute. Hopes for resolution sink into dissolution……続きを見る
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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
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
Agents 32 and 33 take a bike ride to NoDa (in northeast Charlotte, NC, USA). There they encounter some very interesting people at a Cajun restaurant. Bizarre conversations are overheard and recorded……続きを見る
On a snowy evening in Sapporo, a young Asian lady wonders how to send her candid message to a person/robot in the 25th century. Her mind is a mile-a-minute. Suddenly she realizes that she may have b……続きを見る
Agent 33 ruminates while gazing at the Willamette River in Oregon City. Agent 32 is not in the mood for anymore nonsense. And, who was passing over the I-205 bridge at 4:37:19 PM PDT on the 5th of S……続きを見る
On a nice fall day in north-central Missouri, a concrete finisher discovers a most-intriguing object in the mix. Whose is it? What are the ramifications? And the odds?
Approx. 1300 words.
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A father and son go for an afternoon outing to the Natural Bridges (coastal southern Oregon) on an autumn Saturday. The son's new drone performs perfectly. Until a miscue at the end. The video foota……続きを見る
On a snowy evening in Sapporo, a young Asian lady wonders how to send her candid message to a person/robot in the 25th century. Her mind is a mile-a-minute. Suddenly she realizes that she may have b……続きを見る
A young office cleaner in Indonesia feels that her prospects for a decent future are veritably bleak after a freak accident in the family. Then one day there is an apparition. Is it a harbinger?
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A man in his late 50s receives a package around lunchtime on his day off from work. He opens it, and a world of trouble jumps out.
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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 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
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
Two familiar agents (32 and 33) ride bikes from the east Charlotte (NC, USA) neighborhood of Windsor Park to Cotswold Mall in southeast Charlotte on a splendid April morning. The route is meticulous……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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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
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
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 ...
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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
