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Fast asleep, I hear the rhythmic thud-whisk-thud-whisk of a straw broom sweeping nearby. I shift position and slide into, rather than out of slumber, happy to let someone else clean for a change.
My eyes shut, body blissfully relaxed, I recognize the sound of cabinet doors gently opening and clicking shut and tip-toing footsteps that seem [...]

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Silver and White
The entrance to the Alluvial Mine is smaller than I expected; heavy timbers brace the earthen walls [...]

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Within the Heart of the Rose
In a small cell inside the Abbey walls, meditating deep within the heart of the rose, I hear the piper [...]

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Oxana

Oxana slithers quickly out of the thousand dollar beaded dress and spiked heels she is wearing, plops the Cartier necklace and matching earrings into the jeweler’s outstretched hand, and switches into jeans, sneakers, and a child’s tee shirt. Before she zips, she pinches the flesh of her midriff and utters a groan of intense [...]

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