Barry's Favorites
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The unfortunate sleep.
It only takes fifteen minutes to work through a panic attack. That’s what Dr. Wells told Renee during their last visit. She w…
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Nicole's Great Escape
“I’ve found a house.”
The words sent Nicole’s heart to the bottom of her stomach. She put on a feeble smile and feigned exci…
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The reality of the pyschic.

Clara sat at her desk with her first cup of coffee. She promised herself she would finish the cup before she began her work d…
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Bad Boys Make Bad Girls

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Which Truth?

How about the one where, yes, her caller would find love but the boyfriend will turn out to be a controlling bastard and in a…
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One Last Promise

She pressed the ‘end’ button on her phone with a sigh, and rubbed her temples. The headaches were starting again. One last pr…
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The Call

“Psychic Sidekick,” Clara said, tired. “How can I heal you?”
The insincerity of it stung as much as usual. She’d write a new…
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Headhunted

There was a sound, small at first but now rising in volume and jabbing jagged into her temples where before there was only …
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Career Change

“That sounds nice…” Clara heard herself say.
“It’s a bit more…dangerous…than what you’re accustomed to. But we can tal…
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Politics Are Complicated (1)

Sandra kept giving the spiders her offerings, of course. She never thought about what the ants, the flies, and the aphids mig…
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Politics Are Complicated (2)

As the insect communities began to organize, Sandra watched the webs in vain for some sign that her overtures of peace had be…
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The Exam
Nigel sat staring at the psych test on the screen in front of him. “What a bunch of crap,” he muttered to himself.
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Mother's Funeral
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The Toaster Adventures, Part I
“You need to check the toaster,” my wife said. “It’s burning toast again.”
“This is what happens when when you set the toast…