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The Midnight Skulker 8 by Mark Lichterman
The “Midnight Skulker being a shadowy character created by Johnny Hart in the "B.C." comic strip that first appeared in syndication in 1958.
Eventually I'll get to the reason for this title...
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The Midnight Skulker 9 by Mark Lichterman
The “Midnight Skulker being a shadowy character created by Johnny Hart in the "B.C." comic strip that first appeared in syndication in 1958.
Eventually I'll get to the reason for this title...
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The Midnight Skulker10 by Mark Lichterman
Although I know the beginning and the end of this story, hence the name, "Midnight Skulker", like I said, this story is going where it wants to go and not where I want it to go. So now I wonder who in the hell is Sophie Chen, and how in the hell does she know that she absolutely has Marsha and Mitc..
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The Midnight Skulker11 by Mark Lichterman
If Mitchell’s imagination had seen the youthful sounding ‘Sophie Chin’ as the dark haired, dark eyed, slim beauty as portrayed by Nancy Kwan in the1960 movie, ‘The world of Suzi Wong’, that sure as hell wasn’t Sophie Chin.
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The Midnight Skulker12 by Mark Lichterman
The “Midnight Skulker being a shadowy character created by Johnny Hart in the "B.C." comic strip that first appeared in syndication in 1958.
Eventually I'll get to the reason for this title...
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The Midnight Skulker13 by Mark Lichterman
A long ranch style structure with faded authentic Mexican tile roof, the house itself was light salmon coloured stucco and used brick...
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the Midnight Skulker14 by Mark Lichterman
Sitting alongside his wife, “Sophie, what do they… The Sawyers, what do they want for this place?”
Taking a chair from the kitchen, placing it before the coffee table, her briefcase at her feet, leaning forward, her elbows on her knees, “There’s a few things I haven’t told you.”
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The Midnight Skulker15 by Mark Lichterman
Like I said a number of submissions ago: this story is going to take me where it wants to go as opposed to me taking the story where I want it to go and, "A Mercedes Benz Automobile salesman?" Where in the hell did that come from? ..
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The Midnight Skulker16 by Mark Lichterman
Thinking a moment, trying to formulate his thoughts regarding Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer. Of course grateful that they’d priced their home reasonably enough for he and Marsha to be able to afford and purchase it...
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The Midnight Skulker17 by Mark Lichterman
“Marcy, Mikie says ‘it’s been snowing all day and it’s windy and freezing outside’! So what say as soon as I hang up we get into our bathing suits and go on down for a swim?”
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The Midnight Skulker18 by Mark Lichterman
“Let me get this straight,” Goodman said testily. “Some other broker, out of the blue, just coincidently happened to call the ‘Shelter Inn on Shelter Island’ and, coincidently, rang your room? This is what you’re telling me, Marsha?”
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The Midnight Skulker19 by Mark Lichterman
The “Midnight Skulker being a shadowy character created by Johnny Hart in the "B.C." comic strip that first appeared in syndication in 1958.
Eventually, and we're getting closer, I'll get to the reason for this title...
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The Midnight Skulker20 by Mark Lichterman
Overwhelmed with the enchanting beauty of this place and the beauty of this time and of the beauty of woman at his side, “Marcie,” bringing his body before her, “I love you… “
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The Midnight Skulker21 by Mark Lichterman
Other tourists crossing the bridge for the first time stopped also to stare unbelievably at what they saw approximately twenty feet below.
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The Midnight Skulker22 by Mark Lichterman
Passing streets with the names of: ‘Via Oriente’; ‘Via Poniente’ and ‘Avenida Miguel Negrete’, “Jeeze, Marcie, these streets sound so, uh, foreign .”
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The Midnight Skulker23 by Mark Lichterman
Any writers here writing an onging story ever write themselves into a corner? Well, I kind of did here. But Tijuana,Mexico is no place to be stuck in. ..
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The Midnight Skulker24 by Mark Lichterman
“Ain’t funny! ‘Hot stuff’, yeah!” Making a different kind of a face now, “Yuck! You’re right; this stuff is terrible! Here, you drink it,” she said, handing the glass back to her husband.
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The Midnight Skulker25 by Mark Lichterman
“The Embarcadero’s a boardwalk that runs along the downtown waterfront from the ‘Embarcadero Marina’ to the Maritime Museum of San Diego. And there’s ‘The Star of India’."..
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The Midnight Skulker26 by Mark Lichterman
The world’s oldest active sailing ship, the Star of India began her life at Ramsey Shipyard in the Isle of Man in 1863...
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The Midnight Skulker27 by Mark Lichterman
Watching the national news, along with the nation's current weather, knowing that they’ll be facing ‘Wind chill’ factors of twelve to fifteen below zero once they alight at O’Hara Airport in Chicago...
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The Midnight Skulker28 by Mark Lichterman
Pushing through the revolving door to the outside world of bone chilling, face numbing, squalling wind Breath coming in thick plumes of vapor.....
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The Midnight Skulker29 by Mark Lichterman
Too cold for the falling snow to stick, but the wind’s velocity causing it to blow as stinging, billowing white clouds that effected the Friday evening rush hour traffic making it crawl at an even slower pace.
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The Midnight Skulker30 by Mark Lichterman
“ ‘Kosher Matzos and pork sausage?” They’d gone through this a number of times and it had become kind of a standing joke between Marsha and Mitchell: “ ‘Kosher Matzos’ and pork sausage? You don’t think a bolt of lightning might get you for that?”
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The Midnight Skulker31 by Mark Lichterman
Coming into the family-room, “Ain’t Nazi, it’s motzie! ” Mitchell said, sitting on the floor next to his children, where he was attacked and knocked onto his back and crawled upon by three laughing children and a gloppy kissing Great Dane.
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The Midnight Skulker32 by Mark Lichterman
Sabra’s muzzle stationary on the table, following the conversation, somehow knowing they’re talking about her; Sabra’s – I’m starving, feed me, feed me – pleading eyes shifting from Sammy to Marsha to Sammy and back to Marsha.
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The Midnight Skulker33 by Mark Lichterman
“Glancing at his watch, “Yeah, he should be in by now.” Dialing the number, he let it ring seven times before breaking the connection.
“That’s strange. He’s always in before nine and, if not him, Geraldine.”
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The Midnight Skulker34 by Mark Lichterman
Shading his eyes with the palms of both hands, looking through the plate glass window of the closed and firmly locked door Mitchell saw…
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The Midnight Skulker35 by Mark Lichterman
“You know how rotten this is? That son of a bitch knew we put our home on the market and he didn’t give a damn about the fact that I have four kids and a wife...
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The Midnight Skulker36 by Mark Lichterman
Speaking rapidly, “It happened after school but they stopped it and it was too late to call mommy today so they’ll probably call mommy tomorrow.” Sammy took a deep breath.
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The Midnight Skulker37 by Mark Lichterman
“ ‘Alleged’? It’s not alleged, the son of a bitch cheated me out of three thousand bucks!”
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The Midnight Skulker38 by Mark Lichterman
Memories of the past seven years at this home rippling through his mind as pages of a calendar, which, in fact, they were pages of a calendar.
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The Midnight Skulker39 by Mark Lichterman
With the exception of Sabra – who’s head hung out the back window with her jaws clamped around her favorite toy: a life-like, life size latex baby’s arm from Sherry’s now discarded life size baby doll – all eyes were on what had been their home… that was now a vacant house.
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The Midnight Skulker40 by Mark Lichterman
Somehow knowing they were talking about her, stepping onto one of the beds, her eyes followed the conversation regarding her bowel movement, Sabra lay with her head resting on her front paws.
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The Moon Rolls You Over Like a Lover by Jerelyn Craden
The healing power of love...
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The Most Stolen Bestseller of All Times by Adele Gill
There really is no person, no church, no faith leader, no other book that talks about the Bible that can replace reading the Bible ourselves, as it IS the actual inspired Word of God...
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The Mothers by Mark Lichterman
Money!
He’s been lonely before and he’d survived and, God knows, he had wanted to have intercourse all of his life, so it seemed. And if he’d been able to wait this long, what was another month or two… or three or four or, Shit! five? So, “Think there may be enough for the down-payment on a..
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The Music Box by Mary Fallon Fleming
A developmentally disabled young boy and an elderly woman share a special relationship...
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The Music In My Life by Ron Karcz
Sometimes good things happen in spite of bad circumstances in ones life. My music life is just that kind of story. Skill had nothing to do with anything. Right place and right time did...
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The National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) by Ms.Stephanie Poplar
The National Association for Female Executives (NAFE)
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The Old Jay Bird by Mark Lichterman
Thinking, ‘Wow’! “Marriage agrees with you, Marsha, you look ‘great’!” Receiving and giving a kiss on the cheek, looking at the seven month old baby in her arms. “Your baby’s really cute,” Jay said, rubbing Ellie’s curly head. “Mind if I eat her here?”..
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 The old man and his memories by Leonie Campbell
Tomarnu Brown was surrounded by his family; the racket made by his extended family, hurt his ears. He sighed and rose from his chair; looking for a reason to escape to the peace and quiet. He smiled to himself, then muttering loudly about needing more tobacco, and he left the house.The warm sun on h..
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The Other Woman by Mark Lichterman
“Elizabeth makes a wonderful living—actually much more than me. She said she loves me and wants us to be married, and that she’ll help out with money and that things’l work themselves out.”..
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The Other Woman by Mark Lichterman
Realism setting in; distressed at the thought of herself as “the other woman,” as a “home wrecker,” as the woman responsible for the breakup of a family with three young children.
This excerpt is from my third novel, "For Better or Worse" and is the sequel to "Becoming"...Becoming can now b..
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The Panda by Mary Fallon Fleming
A spoiled young girl learns a hard lesson in the hospital...
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The Printer's Find by Mary Fallon Fleming
A working-class man finds a diamond ring...
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The Prize, A Different Kind of Valentine by C. Kraemer
An overly confident computer tech is offered the opportunity of a lifetime --
make a wish.
He gets what he asks for but at a price...
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The Prodigal's Father by Adele Gill
The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if only we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with him.” Romans 8:16-17..
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The Raft by Mark Lichterman
Mitchell Lipensky had no way of knowing, but that very minute—that very moment—was the pinnacle and at no time in his life would he feel what he felt as strongly as at that exact time…
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The Raspberry Man and His Tomato Lady by anne cunningham
... mature love's lesson on a summer afternoon. ..
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the Red Light by Mark Lichterman
He’s on the second floor an’ said we’ll spot his place 'cause he’ll have a red light burnin’ on his porch.”
Leaning across Mitchell, “ 'A red light, Irv'?” Ron said. “And the guy, your pal, don’t want the neighbors knowing he’s got a whore there! Kind’a’dumb, don’t you think?”
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