Mystery
The Letter
Leggy geraniums splashed their red against the window. Through its panes, May watched streams of students, like bees winging to flowers, crisscross the University green. Ornate sandstone and limestone buildings ringed the oval lawn. Silent, sitting on a hard wooden chair at the end of the professor desk, she waited. With a start, she realized she’d been holding her breath.
By Diane Helentjaris5 years ago in Fiction
The Suspicious Looking Package
The suspicious package wrapped in brown paper What ever could it be? Well, could it be a caper? The small, pickled flower buds with a distinctive salty taste. Very tasty and not available to most, and that is such a waste. Is that what is in the box, covered in brown paper, a caper? Someone else said, I thought caper was capering around. The children were capering, or dancing without sound. Or how about pulling off a caper, or I am too old for this caper? You can read about it in the paper! So lets get back to what was in that package? I love a great surprise, will it be the best ever package? But who is to judge? I have been getting packages from publisher’s clearinghouse for many months now. I never know what is coming, as it always looks better in the add than it does when it arrives, well anyhow. Time to write out the checks for the packages I have already received. I am getting older and it is so much easier to be deceived. I thought the PCH drawing was months ago. And I am still waiting to hear the winners you know. My favorite package is the tennis racket looking bug zapper gizmo. As when we went camping it zapped many a mosquito. Because of the pandemic many more people are ordering through eBay and amazon. I have ordered less than many and the husband has not ordered any, as he is busy mowing the lawn. Here comes a big sigh and a big, big yawn. Suspicious packages wrapped in brown paper remind me of the girly magazines that used to be in the magazine racks and are in the mail that way. So, what else comes that way, I say. I hear the US mail and UPS discourage packages wrapped in brown paper and brown paper with string. I am sure it is okay if you want to carry it to its destination, all the brown paper that you can bring. My very favorite suspicious package wrapped in brown paper, was so light weight, with no indication of what was in there, with no name. My niece had bought me some great looking sunglasses that I had admired on her and they were just the same. At the time I was looking for a nice pair of glasses and complimenting every pair I saw that stood out. She did not say anything, when all of a sudden she sent a picture of her in her glasses that were glasses just like mine, and lookout as I did shout. I was so pleased and so excited to see her in them and to know who I could thank for my sunglasses at last. What a blast!
By Denise E Lindquist5 years ago in Fiction
Ranvir's two loves - chocolate cake and Amira
Ranvir Saxena was so happy that his flight from Paris to New Delhi was reaching on time. It was a cold evening in November 1999. Ranvir was a marketing manager who lived and worked in France but had family, friends and relatives in India. He was also happy that he was meeting his girlfriend Amira Dasgupta after nearly 10 months. They had been in a relationship since 1996.
By Anshuman Kumar5 years ago in Fiction
Scavenger Hunt
Owen went missing in the spring of 2017. By the summer of 2018, they had dubbed the case cold. His mom packed up all his belongings. She wrapped them in drab paper boxes, some she labeled, but most were not. I guess she was hoping that we would forget about him.
By A.R. Zeller5 years ago in Fiction
The Longest Ten Minutes
Good God! Had it really only been two minutes since she last looked at the time? No way! What was taking them so long? Grace Paulson forced herself to look at the man who sat across the table from her, even though the sight of him turned her stomach. The man who happened to share the same last name as her. The man who had made her life a living hell for the last ten years. Countless trips to the emergency room for “trips” and “falls”. Yeah, right!
By Jennifer Miller5 years ago in Fiction
The Devil's Glare
This is a continuation of the first Vocal Creators Saloon Story Series, one episode written by each author. Please, start reading the following parts before continuing: ⚀ Part 1 Knife Skills ⚁ Part 2: The Right Thing ⚂ Part 3 Death Has An Order ⚃ Part 4 Karma ⚄ Part 5: Best Laid Plans
By Sofia Duarte5 years ago in Fiction
