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Speeding Along (Tales from the SSC&B)

Chris Hall42 Comments

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The red-headed writer, aka the Raconteuse, was been on that long, long, wonderful train, but now she was keen to arrive back to New York; she’d been listening to the two guys talking about the executor of the will and how much money they might inherent; she was still grinning as she left the train, it seemed that their late uncle had a lovely long life.

She’d been mulling in her head as she’d begun to execute a plan and a plot, as she was sitting in a taxi as it made its way to downtown New York; she’d tipped the cab and then walked across and along to the small alley.

She was ready to greet all the Proprietors, as she walked down three steps to the door; she opened the SSC&B, hearing the tinkling bell; Mimi and Tom appeared through the double doors and both of them smiled although their hands were full.

‘There’s only us here at the moment,’ said Mimi, ‘the Bartender has gone on leave with her fancy car, and the Gatekeeper with his gorgeous dog have also gone somewhere; but the tall, thin man is around somewhere – and that new woman, Ms Storme, well, she’s a dark one.’

‘Look, on the table next to the bar,’ said Tom, pointing, ‘this is for you: it’s a small parcel, it arrived yesterday.’

The Raconteuse dumped her big bag, and then stared at it, and stared again; she looked to Tom and Mimi, ‘hmm, that doesn’t look good.’

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42 thoughts on “Speeding Along (Tales from the SSC&B)”

    • It’s not so much about that song, but more about what they’re called -🐪

      However…

      Bomb? Did you say bomb??
      Anything strange would be too dicey for insurance people – they would run a mile from that! (I know)

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  7. the best of the (underlying concept) of the Six Sentence Cafe & Bistro in your dovetailing (intersecting narrative? or as Nick might say, weaving a branch of a tale the better that we might all find new adventures and character development)…

    aka: v cool

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      • yeah, you and everyone else!*

        *I include myself in the coterie of the curious

        we do know some things: she is between 19 and 23 years old, smokes, has good (and expensive) tastes in clothes is not uneducated and, we are all pretty convinced that she is not shy, introverted or readily inclined to be submissive to anyone (with the possible exception of two, maybe three people)

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  11. Not coincidence, where else would she eventually land, and whoever sent it could be sure she would. Those who love this place always make their way back sooner or later, and parcels can sit and quietly wait.

    As for Ms. Storme, my heart aches for such as her. Beautiful little people twisted by grown-ups they should have been able to trust and they in turn grow to be so damaged.

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  13. Uh-oh, is it going to be the jade cam in the parcel? If it’s chocolates, as mentioned above, don’t eat them! You know what happens when they eat chocolates that come in the mail in Agatha Christie stories! 😬

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