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the Glittering Thing
1 January, 2017 — US Foreign Command Support Facility, Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory Even on the first day of a new year, even at 1:30 at night, it is still hot on Diego Garcia. Eighty degrees and eighty percent humidity, and the AC is set so warm to save power that it might…
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Traveling
13 November, 2016 — Illinois A car horn blaring right next to him wakes Mike Marek up. That is distressing in itself. Much more distressing is the fact that he comes awake at the wheel of his car, doing seventy miles an hour on a highway he does not recognize. Terrified, he tightens his unexpected…
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Why are you here?
Sunday, 13 November, 2016 — Sun Prarie, Wisconsin “Nation will rise against nation,” the priest reads to his diminutive congregation, “and kingdom against kingdom. “There will be powerful earthquakes, famines, and plagues from place to place; and awesome sights and mighty signs will come from the sky.” Their attention is riveted, as Father Mike knew…
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The Shining Man (2)
November, 2016 — Madison, Wisconsin In his dream, he sits up in his bed. He is just where he ought to be: in the modest bedroom in the rectory that has been his room since shortly after he was ordained thirty years ago. The window blinds let in slits of light that fall on his…
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Pensio
6 November, 2016 — Whitmore Lake, Michigan A branch, unnoticed in the darkness, scratches Felicia’s face. It forces her to take a step sideways, where her foot lands on a tussock and slips off, nearly making her stumble. The pain on her cheek brings her back to something like what she would have regarded, only…
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The Last Leg
November, 2016 — Jackson, Michigan It’s only eight-thirty in the morning by the time Felicia reaches Jackson, Michigan which, her new mind tells her, will be the last convenient place to stop. The car’s tank is nearly empty, so she looks for fuel first. It takes several tries to find a place with gas, and…
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Everest
November, 2016 — Chicago, Illinois “So, let me get this straight,” Mark says. He leans back in the chair and sips from his after-dinner bourbon. “You want me to manage your commune. But first I have to help make it? Somewhere in Noplace, Wisconsin?” Felicia smiles and sips her drink to compose her confused thoughts…
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the Shining Man
October, 2016 — Chicago, Illinois Waking gradually, Felicia becomes aware of two unusual circumstances. First, she is sleeping on her back which she seldom does. Second, and more importantly, there is a bright light in her room. This is disturbing. Even in the half-awake state of the first few moments of consciousness she knows that…
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White Earth (2)
Saturday, 7 January, 2017 — White Earth Reservation, Minnesota At this time of year the sun sets early. John Straight is looking forward to it because that’s the time when he has decided to wrap things up here and call it a day. Sitting in the big Wigwam Room—as Mary calls it—of the Community College…
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White Earth
Wednesday, 4 January, 2017 — Detroit Lakes and White Earth Reservation, Minnesota The bus slows down and turns carefully, stopping at a little strip-mall that’s just separated from Highway 10 by a slender strip of grass. As it squeals and sighs to a halt, John Straight gets out of his seat and only then lifts…
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John Straight
December, 2016 — Minneapolis, Minnesota The Hawthorne neighborhood in the Near North of Minneapolis is a square mile bisected from south to north by the ten lanes of I-94 and bounded on the east by the great Mississippi, already five hundred feet wide less than two hundred miles from its origins. Even before the War…
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Kinesin
No Time — Truespace “Atom nuclei can be created in two hundred and fifty-two varieties,” the voice continues, “but the ability of atoms to act as components of higher-level structures called ‘molecules’ is determined by their electron cloud configurations, which in turn is determined by the number of protons within the nucleus. There are eighty…
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The Wolverine Truck Stop and Motor Lodge 