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A Christmas Story

Posted on February 16th, 2010 by peirce.stern

The kids were back from college for the holidays and were determined to put the bottle down and get sober for the drive to the mall…

“The Winchester Ball”

Posted on November 29th, 2009 by peirce.stern

PART I
“Tonight is going to be fabulous, ” Jacob Winchester thought to himself, “I’ll wait until after hors d’oeuvres to have everyone killed.”
Tonight’s entre would be steak tartar mixed with ripe endive and topped with a lemon pesto sauce, the wine would be a lightly chilled malbec. Jacob felt a cool rush as he walked [...]

“The Curator”

Posted on November 13th, 2009 by peirce.stern

PART I
Pedro swept the halls of the natural history museum while humming a catchy tune. He was all alone tonight and didn’t have to worry about being interrupted at an awkward moment.
All the other workers had called in sick for the night, perhaps because of the sudden pandemic that seemed to be sweeping other nearby [...]