We sat in the conference room, that late Friday afternoon my three co-workers and me, our chairs pushed so closely together that our shoulders brushed. It was as if we were already consoling one another before the impending doom. I glanced up at the large 70’s-styled mahogany wall clock which hung forlornly on the peelingContinue reading “Death of a Salesman”
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Screwdriver Parties
Pulling into my driveway late one afternoon, my eyes fell upon a dark sedan sitting idly. Unable to recognize a face through the tinted windows and noting a New Jersey plate, a state from which I knew no one, a slight feeling of unease ensued. And then as if in slow motion, a window wentContinue reading “Screwdriver Parties”
The Resume
“I just need you to look it over for typos. I want to get it out as soon as possible.” Lounging on my sister’s living room sofa, contentedly eating Hershey chocolate kisses from a small bowl, I leisurely leafed through a copy of Glamour magazine. It was a lazy Saturday morning with the most pressingContinue reading “The Resume”
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