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Monthly Archives: November 2024

Unpack The Secrets

November 5, 2024 No Comments

Leroy and Lucy

As the lights come up, we discover an attractive, young woman sitting on a bench, strumming a guitar and singing. It’s unclear where we are, but we know it’s late at night. Soon a handsome young man enters and finds himself captured by the radiance of the lovely lady and her music. The man carries with him a homemade guitar and a harmonica. The heat of the Mississippi Delta and the magic and mystery of the locale all lend a hand to Lucy and Leroy as they unpack the secrets that they’re initially reluctant to share.

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Meeting the Grim Reaper

November 3, 2024 No Comments

Mercy Killing

Once upon a time there was a pretty young woman named Mercy. An amiable and skilled barista, Mercy’s known for her “killer coffee concoctions” at a popular San Francisco cafe. But she is also known around the Tenderloin district by her victims as the Secret Serial Killer around the Tenderloin district. One night, as Mercy is heading home from work, she chances upon a corpse lying near her bus stop. Suddenly another lovely young woman magically appears. She begins checking over the dead man’s vitals and entering the data into her cellphone.

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