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Welcome to the first chapter of my latest fiction serial, These Hallowed Halls. It's the sixth in the Operation Quickline ...
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My plan was to spend most of the week hunkered down in my apartment preparing for my classes. But there ...
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Fran looked nervous when I came down the stairs on Friday afternoon. We were again dressed casually. I had my ...
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Monday morning, I stood outside the classroom across the hall and two doors down from my office and took a ...
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Tuesdays and Thursdays, I had the Shakespeare seminar and the final Basic Comp section (aka Basic Comp C). The Shakespeare ...
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Friday afternoon, with the weekend ahead of me, I debated taking some time off from grading papers. I’d spent every ...
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My plan had been to spend Sundays as a rest day. But since I’d goofed off the day before, I ...
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It was odd how it felt like life had settled into a routine even by the third week of classes ...
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“Okay, everyone,” I told Basic Comp A near the end of the period the following Monday. “Today’s assignment is to ...
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I wasn’t entirely sleepy and stupid the next morning, but I wasn’t all that chipper, and overslept on top of ...
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The rest of the week was quiet. Steve got me his list of his colleagues, and I searched a few ...
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Tippy-tap, tippy-tap. It thundered through my brain, but all I could see was the splatter of bright red blood against ...
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The read-out on my alarm clock read eight twenty-three. The phone had already rung twice. I do not wake up ...
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Sadly, I did not grade any papers that night. I did get home at a reasonable hour but was so ...
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I was up by eight that next morning, though not by choice. My sleep had again been shattered by dreams ...
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Friday, most of us stumbled through our classes. I’d gotten my report done and slid it to Terry with her ...
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I honestly don’t know how I managed to teach two sections of Basic Comp that next day, but I did ...
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The phone rang just after six a.m. I could hear Sid moving about in the bathroom. Neither of us had ...
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It was Halloween. Halloween on the campus of an arts school was... Okay, it was surreal. I mean, I like ...
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Sunlight filtered through the bars on the window as I awoke the next morning. I blinked my eyes. Terry stood ...
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This is the last episode of These Hallowed Halls. It’s the sixth in the Operation Quickline series featuring Sid Hackbirn ...
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If you've been reading my latest fiction serial, I hope you enjoyed it. If you've been waiting for it to ...
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