PinnedMember-only“The Doom Statues” — Chapter 11The main building has four bedrooms, all in a row on the northern side of the second floor. These were originally reserved for the kitchen staff, but in the absence of such, apart from Chef Jen, three fourths of them went unclaimed. …Horror6 min read
PinnedMember-only“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — Chapter 109And it doesn’t take long before his hunch is proven correct. In no time at all, the authorities have a suspect in custody, who has taken credit for the bombing. He claims to be connected to some terrorist organization, though they believe that it’s really just a mentally unstable individual…Grocery Shopping12 min read
PinnedMember-only“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — Chapter 108At the rental car place, they are assisted by this really tall but attractive black chick in a funky velvet top hat. Though Todd has booked the car and is filling out the paperwork, though he continues to attempt engaging this poor girl with cheesy boss joke type humor, it…Retail10 min read
PinnedMember-only“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — Chapter 107It would be one thing, maybe, if just able to bear down and focus upon one’s own work. Though this is surely true at just about every job, particularly one with even a half-baked corporate structure in place, the phenomenon remains an out of control bus with no brakes around…Grocery Shopping11 min read
PinnedMember-only“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — Chapter 106Edgar emails both files to the duo as soon as they’re off the phone. In so doing, he admittedly feels kind of cool for coming up with that simple workaround which should help speed up the transition phase. It once again highlights how the true dynamic here, as far as…Grocery Shopping7 min read
Aug 8Member-only“The Doom Statues” — Chapter 10“Man, your timing could not be better!” Lenny had marveled, when Jeremy called him, not even 24 hours after losing his construction gig. “Yeah, he already agreed to it, on the spot,” Jeremy explains, “not that it really took much convincing. He was basically worried he would have to do…Ghosts4 min read
Aug 2Member-only“The Doom Statues” — Chapter 9“Lenny! Get over here!” the foreman, Bob Griffin, barks at him from across the muddy expanse of their work site. Rivet gun in hand, Lenny was en route to the makeshift elevator, which would take him to the upper, skeletal reaches of this high rise in progress. Had only sort…Horror7 min read
Jul 25Member-only“The Doom Statues” — Chapter 8The three of them turn right upon leaving the institute, which is the same direction they’ve arrived from, of course, on this immaculate, newly constructed road. There’s still almost nothing but forest in both directions, though, and so even if most of the trees are those tall, slender, nearly branchless…Horror8 min read
Jul 14Member-only“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — Chapter 105Though Todd had admittedly gotten off to a somewhat hot start, with a few legitimately strong ideas, they’ve been a lot more miss than hit ever since. Edgar still isn’t quite sure what to think about this guy. On one hand, he spews so much industry jargon that you almost…Grocery Shopping10 min read
Jul 7Member-only“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — Chapter 104Heading into this Don Evans era, Edgar’s first thought is that, okay, maybe we’ll finally start getting some results on this “enforcement” front. While granted that here we’re talking about another tall white male, given to stomping around with a coffee mug, displaying a ton of bravado as he talks…Grocery Store7 min read