Steve Fairweather's Favorites
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A new job
“You’re late!” she enthused. “Come on, its time for the staff meeting.”
I could not believe how excited this otherwise sophi…
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Sorry
His eyes moved slowly up from his drink. The smoke filled room could not hide the sadness and disappointment in her eyes. Her…
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Sending A Message

“Good evening Mr. Lawson,” the bust of a man spoke to me through the television. “I will assume that you know who I am, or ra…
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I'm going to be.. (When I grow up challenge)

I’m going to be a superhero when I grow up. I don’t know what my super power is going to be but it will be a great super powe…
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Stages (When I Grow Up Challenge)

When I was a toddler, I wanted to be just like my Dad. I loved him this much! I had no idea what he did, but I wanted to be…
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Saint Chuck's When I Grow Up Challenge: Montage

Weigtless, I float into the LEM. The moon is small in the window now. It’s over. Is it really over? Was I really there? Why i…
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There goes that idea

I connected a video conference with my union rep. Bobby DeAngelo was, as usual, the picture of efficiency. He had been my rep…
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Kofi's Wall [When I Grow Up Challenge]

Kofi was building a wall as he had been told. It was approximately thirty yards from where he was told to bury his mother two…
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Where Are All the Groupies? [When I Grow Up Challenge]

The phone rings. I force myself to pull away from the monitor and answer.
“Hello, this is John.”
The voice on the other end…
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Sad truth, so get smart

The noise is deafening, the crowd is ecstatic, flashes and shouts disrupting reality as I step out of the limo. As I stand, ...
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What I wanted to be when I was seven! (Saint Chuck's Challenge)

There I was a little girl, about seven. I was a strong, rough and tough girl though and I always thought for myself.
“Mamma…
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The Hardest Part

“I’m not sure what you mean.” Angela closed her copy of Cosmo and laid it on her lap. “What do you mean… steps?”
Staring so…
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The Hardest Part II

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It Wasn't Funny [Make Me Laugh Challenge]

“Come on, make me laugh.”
“No.”
“Make me laugh.”
“No.”
After a pause, Derrick repeated, “Make me laugh.”
Wendell sighed,...
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Back to the salt mines

The next morning I turned my Corrola into the alley behind the GlobTrak satellite office, used my remote to open the trap-doo…
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Message in a Basement

Massive chest heaving deep breaths of anticipation, Agent Lefleur stomped out of the interrogation room, away from his quarry…
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Awakening to Dusk

The gentle rocking of the boat wakes me from my slumber. It seems like it has been hours ago that I was lying here falling as…