There is a factory in Chongqing. It is unremarkable; there is nothing to distinguish it from the other factories nearby. Work…
A sequel to An Unremarkable Factory
Will Hindmarch's inspiration
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A Loaded Gun in the Mailbox used:
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A Loaded Gun in the Mailbox used:
He looks at her. Really LOOKS at her, for maybe the first time in ten of the last fourteen years of their marriage. He sees t…
A prequel to A Quiet No More
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“Finally?” he says. “What do you mean, ‘finally’?”
“I ordered it months ago, and it was only supposed to take six to eight w…
A prequel to Order Now
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“911, what is your emergency?”
He pulls the telephone receiver away from his ear and looks from it to his wife and back to t…
A prequel to A Terrible Mistake
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“There’s a hand holding a gun in our mailbox,” he says again.
“Finally” she says with finality.
“What do you mean?” He hang…
A prequel to Infinity
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“Who’s hand is it?” he managed to spit out. Confusion pouring out of his eyes.
She barely spoke above a whisper. “It doesn’...
A prequel to It doesn't really matter
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He put the phone down as she turned.
And that’s when he knew.
That moment, that second, that grin on her face. It all culmi…
A prequel to A Minor Key
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The two bodies lay there on the kitchen floor. One of them a male, the other, female. Both around their mid-thirties. They ar…
A prequel to Two dead bodies
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Without even drying her hands she turned and walked out of the kitchen door, heading towards the mailbox.
He stood, the 911 …
A prequel to Return to Sender
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He just stares at her with unseeing eyes. His mind tries to grasp meaning from her response. The phone rings in his ear but h…
A prequel to A Man in the Street
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Finally? She said ‘Finally’, as if she expected it.
“What do you mean? Where’s the rest of him?” he blurted madly.
“The res…
A prequel to The Rest
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His eyes dart from the phone frozen in his hands to his wife, a look of utter confusion sitting on his features. His wife, se…
A prequel to Great things
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She heads out the door, and he stares after her, mouth half open, vaguely aware the phone is not ringing. She is back in the …
A prequel to Paper Trail
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“Wait, what?” he asked, completely dumbfounded. Taking advantage of his stun, the walks over, and listens to hear that the ph…
A prequel to The Box
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Huh. Well, that couldn’t be quantified as a success. Even by the most liberal of definitions.
He looked at the dead body. Th…
A sequel to Success and Failure
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Thingoff tapped his ring finger in a tattoo on the counter below him. Yesterday’s assessment had worn him out. Finger calisth…
A sequel to Handing Down An Assignment
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”... and hang up the phone,” she said, heading out to the mailbox.
She’d been expecting it? Why would she ever need a gun? U…
A prequel to Franchisement
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He always considered his wife as kind of funny looking. Not in the slightly squint eyed sort of way, but in the not-quite-abl…
A prequel to What a pickle
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He looks at his wife strangely. She looks back. They simply sit there staring at each other until he realizes she’s not actua…
A prequel to Lost and Found
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The Flying Lie used:
Alright about the dude that got dragged to death by the car. him and my flying car salesman friend never got alon well. Dude …
A sequel to Death by Car
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The Suicide Dog used:
“Come on boy,” Harry said, holding his hand out in Buster’s direction, “What’s wrong?”
Buster rested his head between his pa…
A prequel to Release
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Too Small A Planet used:
“I want to move to Mars, and open up a bar,” Gregor said.
Matti inhaled deeply, and let a cloud of pale blue smoke surround …
A sequel to A Godawful Small Affair
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“Sometimes,” Gregor mused, “all a guy needs is a little hope, right?”
“Sure,” replied Matti as he tapped the side of his gla…
A prequel to Make Me Jump Into the Air
