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  • It Didn't Happen? by George Alger
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    It Didn’t Happen?

    ByGeorge Alger March 1, 2022December 24, 2024

    It’s tempting to say it didn’t happen. That it couldn’t have happened. That it was actually the beer and whiskey telling a tale. And I’d be OK with that. Not…

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  • Who Lynched the Cat? by George Alger
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    Who Lynched the Cat?

    ByGeorge Alger February 1, 2022December 24, 2024

    When I got to school and learned I was the primary suspect for lynching the cat, I was simultaneously disheartened and perplexed.

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  • Maternal Heritage Unleashed, by George Alger
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    Maternal Heritage Unleashed

    ByGeorge Alger January 1, 2022December 24, 2024

    Joan poked her head in his condo office. “Is it possible…” “No.” He didn’t even turn away from the computer.

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  • Tactical Reunion, by George Alger
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    Tactical Reunion

    ByGeorge Alger December 1, 2021December 24, 2024

    Bella emerged from the late twilight, into the hotel lobby, like a sufficiently recovered she-wolf entering an open dell from a dim forest of lost time. Although it could not…

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  • It Was The Cookie’s Fault, by George Alger
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    It Was The Cookie’s Fault

    ByGeorge Alger November 1, 2021December 24, 2024

    Riding a bike is easy. Until you try doing it with an armful of groceries seeking escape from a torn paper bag — while eating a cookie.

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  • How I Save Three Nuns From Certain Doom, by George Alger
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    How I Saved Three Nuns from Certain Doom

    ByGeorge Alger October 1, 2021December 24, 2024

    I didn’t intend to be a hero. But as a result, I lost my job, my wife and both of my girlfriends.

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  • Fatigued Mind, by George Alger
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    Fatigued Mind

    ByGeorge Alger September 1, 2021December 24, 2024

    In contrast to the tension of another workday and sour news, it had been a somewhat relaxing drive home and not too hot to require air conditioning. As he pulled…

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  • A Redhead Temperament, by George Alger
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    A Redhead Temperament

    ByGeorge Alger August 1, 2021December 24, 2024

    “If there were a million ways to accomplish something and no apparent way to fail – I’m the one who would find a way to disappoint.” Seymour paused briefly, but…

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  • The Listener
    Fiction

    The Listener (1min)

    ByGeorge Alger July 28, 2021September 3, 2022

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  • technicolor, by george alger
    Fiction

    technicolor (15sec)

    ByGeorge Alger July 2, 2021September 18, 2022

    vivid dressed persons in their technicolor homes: living monotones?

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