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The Last Jump

I leapt up, the smell of ash coating my nostrils and clogging my throat. I knew this job would be way too risky! A memory from the emergency lessons flashed in my mind: “If you do not know what is happening...

Lifesaving Lattes

“Ugh, could you be any slower?” I risk a glance over my shoulder to look at the current angry customer. She's dressed in an expensive-looking coat and is staring daggers into the back of Jimmy, my coworker...

In Their Own Words

Therrus eyed the snacks neatly aligned on the table and considered grabbing something before deciding that he was too nervous to find the food appealing. For now, he should just make his way to a corner. He...

Between Seconds

There’s a child missing. A boy. From time itself. That’s what Luke said. “Children don’t just vanish,” I told him, sitting at my kitchen table sipping coffee. “Actually, they do, and may the Earl Grey be with...

Close Encounters of the Awkward Kind

The corpse on the table had a melted eye socket, no pulse, and a sticky note on its forehead that read: Don’t eat Carl’s yogurt. Mariana Vale adjusted her gloves. “You’re contaminating a crime scene, Luke.”...