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Strange Dreams By Raymond Paltoo—4-11-19 There was noise in the backyard! It was early in the morning when the sun had not yet greeted the day, but the night sky was lightening in anticipation of that event. Being a light sleeper, I am generally sensitive to any abnormal sounds, and I swung my legs ov...
Submitted to Contest #216
Goodbye And Hello Again By Raymond Paltoo ----3-31-2020 She had selected a corner table in a little café in East Montreal for our rendezvous. She had always been the organizer in our family, and I suspected that it was a deliberate move calculated to remind me of the times and the places where we had met and had fun. We had share...
Farmer’s Son By Raymond Paltoo 5-22-19 From the dim recesses of the back of the saloon, I watched the stranger walk through the swinging bat-winged doors. He paused for a moment, allowing his eyes to adjust from the glare of the noonday sun to the dimly lit confines of the saloon. It was just a small-t...
Tension By Raymond Paltoo 01-05-2020 The door banged shut behind the last customer as he cautiously entered the night, leaving the haven of warmth and light for the wintry pavement gleaming in the uncertain lights of the deserted street. The snow had begun to fall, and the flurries drifting hazily across the yellow street lights ...
Submitted to Contest #183
Someone like you By Raymond Paltoo Life was perfect, he reflected, watching the two children playing in the sandbox. There were other children in the playground of course, but for him, there existed only the two who belonged to him. The boy was four and the girl had just tu...
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