Ray Weeks

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“Paying the Check” by Ray Weeks

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #106

"Reality's a helluva a drug," he says, and I hate to admit it, but he's right. I don't think he means it in the same way I do, but to be honest, I don't know how he means it, and it doesn't matter. The world looks better than it ever has, despite the awkward view. The click of the pistol's hammer latching into place is more akin to the hands of intricate clock tower innards than of a pawn shop piece that's only good for causing trouble. The too-early-for-me sun is coating the world in a brilliance that I've never seen. The diner tables, ...

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Ray owns a small movie theater in a small town, along with his lady and his little boy, who make the perfect business partners and perfect family. He's been writing for decades, and has a hard drive full of hidden stories to prove it. He writes fiction and nonfiction at www.rayweeks.com

Shortlisted 1 story ⭐️

Contest #106
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