Stories tagged “hitchhiker”
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Good Advice
The phone sits in front of me, oblivious to my hesitance. What if the book is right and that number is God’s phone? Not having a dialing code might be troublesome but then, if it was true, He probably had taken all necessary measures to ensure it wor...
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Riding with a Ghost
I drove. He talked. That’s the way I remember it. I’d picked him up by the side of a long, straight, dusty road in the back end of beyond. Everything he owned lived a small, green knapsack that he slung over one shoulder, except for a batte...
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Connie's Secret
“Hey guys, wha’cha up to?” Tessa called through the mostly empty house, and poked her head into the next room. She beheld her two good friends, Connie and Perry, at a workbench in the far corner, animatedly whispering to each other an...
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Tessa's Reaction
Connie watched Tessa’s expression fade in and out of You’re joking. and What? as she digested the information. Tess wasn’t sure whether to laugh out loud or run screaming. So she hid behind a coffee cup. “Are you serious?”...
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Stress Counseling
And then it all stopped. Tessa stumbled a bit as her feet hit solid ground once more. “Would anybody,” she panted, “care to explain what just happened?” “We just hitched a ride from the ship I picked up on a sub-ether scan...