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Flash in the Pan

Sitting in the closet, she counted slowly. 147 – 148 – 149. The flashlight shone off the silver and copper coins. 154 – 155- 156.

Flash in the Pan

He stares at the ovals on the page. ABBA-DABBA seems like a brilliant idea, as long as he doesn’t think it too loud. It does not match the rhythm of the rum drum in his brain.

Flash in the Pan

The sun beat down on his skin. It was too hot to keep on his clothes, but without them, everywhere the light touched burned. Turning like a sundial to only expose one side at a time to the unrelenting orb, he tried to count the waves as they licked at the side of the raft. […]

Flash in the Pan

“Do I know you?” She stood in the open door with a blank expression. How could she not recognize me? 

Flash in the Pan

Margot listened to the caller drone on and on. He had not heard a thing she had said through his cellular static. Altogether, it wasn’t not that unusual, but disheartening nonetheless.