Category: Stories
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A Deeply Planted Seed: Chapter 11 – Disposition
Jeanette had threatened to leave Melissa navigating back to her apartment on her own and had left the lot before Melissa could finish adjusting the mirrors and seat position. And yet, it was all of three intersections later that Melissa spied Jeanette’s car a tasteful distance behind hers as she made her way through streets…
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A Deeply Planted Seed: Chapter 10 – Indignus
Melissa walked for what felt like ages on the soft black sand. The stars impossibly moved through the cloudless sky as if to entertain her, but she never looked up to notice them. The sand felt pleasant on her bare feet and while she kept watch for an ocean wave to threaten the bottom of…
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A Deeply Planted Seed: Chapter 9 – Equilibrium
Melissa walked into the unguarded conference room without knocking as her assignment instructions dictated. Gladys had handed her the assignment packet as Melissa came through her door and never gave the younger woman a chance to sit down or to review it. “Orders from Bob. Leifert, that is, in case you’ve met any of the…
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A Deeply Planted Seed: Chapter 8 – Forbearance
By the time the diner had begun to fill with the regular evening crowd, Jean had left her side of the booth to sit beside her sister. Melissa had also brought her tablet with her and had logged in to the Leifert Enterprises Human Resources website to show Jean what medical benefits she was signed…
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A Deeply Planted Seed: Chapter 7 – Excavations
Melissa sat precariously on a plastic chair sized for bodies far smaller than hers and her back filed a constant complaint about the stresses annoying her. But when one is invited to a child’s tea party, one takes the pain so the child can take the joy. Across from the fruit themed plastic tablecloth, a…
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A Deeply Planted Seed: Chapter 6 – Echoes
Melissa’s hands were stuck to the side of the bin in the Mail Room. No amount of jerking or twisting would peel her flesh from the timeworn and cracked edges now digging into her palm. Across from her, Janice continued her assessment of the uselessness of Melissa’s presence during the years spent in high school…
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A Deeply Planted Seed: Chapter 5 – Legacy
Halfway through the morning, Melissa’s scheduling app announced with a bright chirp that she had been called in to work. Her paid internship with Leifert Enterprises was only part time but it came with full benefits and provided enough income to allow her to save part of her trust fund allowance. With a check-in time…
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A Deeply Planted Seed: Chapter 4 – Beacon
Melissa woke up shortly after dawn. The glow from her window was enough to warm her room but not enough to convince her to get out of bed. She remained comfortably sprawled under the covers as she reviewed her memory of the dream. On remembering the sensation of planting the card into her body, she…
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A Deeply Planted Seed: Chapter 3 – Astronomia
The full moon held court in the summit of the bright starless sky and would have been quickly hidden by thickening clouds except Melissa was tired of this shit and brought the dream to a standstill immediately after becoming lucid. As such, the sun did not rise to challenge the usurper of its noonday throne…
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A Deeply Planted Seed: Chapter 2 – Descent
Melissa knew that the shorter Rebecca’s answer, the more resolute Rebecca was about whatever she was answering. To throw a tantrum now in public would only entertain the card reader further, Melissa was sure. “Hey. I need you to trust me for a bit.” Melissa did not realize she had turned away from Rebecca until…