Stories tagged “pool”
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U.F.O. (Unexpected Floating Object)
It was the last thing you’d expect to find in a swimming pool. The eyeball floated atop the water, swaying from side to side. Ella and I stood by the poolside, unmoving, staring at it. The scorching heat of the cement on our bare feet was unnotic...
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Just Another Chance Encounter
It was the last thing you’d expect to see in a swimming pool. In fact, it was the last thing you’d expect to see anywhere in the known universe. The fact that it happened in Billy’s swimming pool was just one of those fascinatingly mi...
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The Saviour
4am. The third President Bush lay awake. 20 body bags a day from Afghanistan; two embassy bombs, 226 dead; Iran were nuclear. His finger was on the button. One more incident. God was on his side. 5am. Khalim had made it through security. Allah smiled o...
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Clowning in the Pool
It was the last thing you’d expect to find in a swimming pool. Detective Dick Richards stared at the tiny clown car as the tow truck pulled it from the water. Several policemen scrambled around it and opened the driver’s side door. Five clowns ...
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Poolside
It was the last thing you would expect to find in a swimming pool. We were called out to the house on a saturday morning. I was reading the sports page, drinking a cup of joe, chewing the last donut, when we got the call. Apparently, someone got splatt...
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Face Down on the Diving Board
Face down on the diving board, I stared into the chlorinated depths without really seeing. Though I knew it spoiled the melancholy repose I had to shift so my belt buckle wasn’t pinching me. Three piece suits are not made for lounging. To be fair...
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Poolside Appetites
My friend Cindy and Shelly had beat me out of the locker room by a couple of minutes. But as I got to the pool, they were nowhere in sight. But I did see two middle school girls on the poolside chaise lounges. They both had bulging bellies—if it hadn...
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Swimming In Rain
It was raining. It was also summer. “I don’t care if it is raining,” Christabelle told me, annunciating every word. Her glossy lips pulled into an effortless sexy smile that made my heart pump twice as fast. “I’m going swi...
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Floating In The Local Pool
I promised myself that this summer wouldn’t suck. I had no job this year, and my best friend, Justin, made me promise that we’d have fun this summer—real fun. So when he told me that it would be a good idea to sneak into the neighborh...
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A Misty-Eyed View of the Past
The water softened the dry calluses on her feet as she skimmed the surface with her toes. Her Seaking swam lazily underneath her. It seemed to have so little energy lately, and she could relate. It was a struggle getting up some mornings. With a sigh, ...