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Wednesday Briefs: October 18, 2023

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Bad Karma and the Family Plan #91 (19.3) by Julie Lynn Hayes

“I’m sorry, baby, I’m sorry,” Ethan murmured in a continuous stream, his breath warm in my ear, his strong arms like a lifeline I could not seem to let go of had I even wanted to, while I continued to sob my heart out. I was angry, and I was frightened, and even a little guilty for yelling at Ethan when I knew everything he did was in my best interest. Our best interest.

“You know I wouldn’t put you through this unless I thought it was absolutely necessary. We can’t go on with this hanging over our heads. It needs to stop. Now.” His hands stroked my back in soothing circles while I worked at evening out my breathing.

Suddenly aware we were not alone, I glanced around us. No one was paying us any particular attention, for which

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Wednesday Briefs: October 4, 2023

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Broken Path, Starless Tail: Chapter Twenty-six by Cia Nordwell
 
The one-eyed-winking windbag, as Beckett dubbed him in his mind, looked like a tube that had been unrolled, then inflated partway. Lumpy, with no real defined shape, it still filled the entire archway that appeared to have a set of stairs leading down into a squat stone building. Every time the thing breathed out of holes on either side of its eye, it emitted a cloud of… something foul into the air with a greenish tinge. The mix of cooked broccoli and three week old gym socks made Beckett gag and then have to swallow down a thin stream of
 
 

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Wednesday Briefs: September 20, 2023

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Bad Karma and the Family Plan #87 (18.3) by Julie Lynn Hayes

That night I dreamed about Eva June. Probably the of Chip, not to mention the baby gator, had brought everything to the forefront of my mind in a jumbled cachopany of memories… with a little extra embellishment.  In my dreams, Ethan and I were back where we’d found her lifeless mangled body behind the restaurant where we’d been supposed to meet her. But in my dream, when we threw open the car door, she floated out from the driver’s seat, cackling in a most hideous manner.

“Are you happy now?” she said to me in an accusary tone. “I know you never liked me, did you? You were always so mean to me. Can’t a girl have a little fun without your making fun of her?”

I turned and tried to run,

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Wednesday Briefs: September 13, 2023

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Bad Karma and the Family Plan #86 (18.2) by Julie Lynn Hayes

By mutual accord, no mention was made of our visit with the actress during the remainder of our drive to Atlanta. Instead, Troy talked about some of the scripts he’d received lately, including one for a Sci Fi film, something he’d never tried before. His agent felt it was important for Troy to spread his wings so he wouldn’t be typecast, which made sense to me. I found myself interested in the premise of the story, as well as Troy’s character, and thus engrossed was surprised when I looked up to see we’dwe arrived at the Atlanta airport already. We bade farewell to Troy and Brendan, with promises to keep them apprised of what was going on. They said they would let us know if anything happened on their end as well, although short of St. Clair playing true confessions and spilling the beans to her bestie Troy, I couldn’t imagine what that might entail.

C’est la vie. Or should that be C’est la guerre. Right now, I wasn’t exactly sure.

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Wednesday Briefs: September 6, 2023

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Broken Path, Starless Tail: Chapter Twenty-four by Cia Nordwell
 

“Okay, it’s fine. You’re fine.” He wasn’t fine. Beckett hadn’t realized how quickly he’d come to rely on the guides that had found him wandering down the path after he’d been sent without a fucking clue through that weird ass portal thing by his best friend’s cat. Or mostly all powerful galactic being thing. Whatever he was.  

He’d gone from wilderness to a city after days, possibly weeks of travel as everything blurred together. Beckett was exhausted and despite everyone’s assurance that he’d somehow just know what to do when he needed to do it, he didn’t have a fucking

 

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Wednesday Briefs: August 30, 2023

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Broken Path, Starless Tail: Chapter Twenty-four by Cia Nordwell
 

“Okay, it’s fine. You’re fine.” He wasn’t fine. Beckett hadn’t realized how quickly he’d come to rely on the guides that had found him wandering down the path after he’d been sent without a fucking clue through that weird ass portal thing by his best friend’s cat. Or mostly all powerful galactic being thing. Whatever he was.  

He’d gone from wilderness to a city after days, possibly weeks of travel as everything blurred together. Beckett was exhausted and despite everyone’s assurance that he’d somehow just know what to do when he needed to do it, he didn’t have a fucking

 
 

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Wednesday Briefs: August 23, 2023

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Broken Path, Starless Tail: Chapter Twenty-three by Cia Nordwell
 

“I don’t know, it’s your mission.”  

He was too tired and too frustrated to be indignant. Well, too indignant. “What do you mean, you don’t know? Aren’t you supposed to be my guide?” He’d taken that to mean that Parallax was sending him someone that would know where to find the star that had been taken from him, but he was getting more and more of an idea that Valrinda was more along for the ride.  

Not that he wasn’t a wealth of knowledge about the world that Beckett found himself in. He’d have had no idea where to go

 
 

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Wednesday Briefs: August 16, 2023

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Bad Karma and the Family Plan #85 (18.1) by Julie Lynn Hayes

I know it’s silly to be taken aback by something so harmless, but the memories that tiny gator invoked…. Well, let’s say they weren’t pleasant.

“Vinnie…Vinnie…”

Ethan’s concerned voice drew me back to the present. He was stroking my cheek, and the expression in his beautiful blue eyes was one of alarm.

“Sorry. Didn’t mean to space out like that.” I gave him a weak smile, but

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Wednesday Briefs: August 9, 2023

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Bad Karma and the Family Plan #84(17.4) by Julie Lynn Hayes

Without waiting for her to respond—or to launch herself at me, whichever might be her preference—Ethan, my knight in shining armor, bravely leapt into the fray with a segue meant to redirect her attention where we wanted it to go.

“Actually, I think the better question is have you been talking to your current director? What was his name? Faulkner?”

I couldn’t help but notice Troy

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Wednesday Briefs: August 2, 2023

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Memories of Newberg: Part 1 by J Ray Lamb

Oh! To be thirteen again. Then again, maybe not.

I was your typical early teenager. Scatterbrained, gangly, and completely uncoordinated.

It was the July just before I turned 14 that my mother decided I should go to Boy Scout Camp.

I wasn’t all that excited about it, but it beat sitting around the house with no air conditioning.

It wasn’t until I got to the Scout Reservation that I found out that my mother had signed me up for not one but two weeks of “summer fun”. Thanks, Mom.

The first week I was with my home troop…

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