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The Day's Thoughts Linger into Dreams

Stepping over a stuffed purple giraffe, my hand rested on the light switch to my daughter's room. I could hear her voice, soft and light, "Now I lay me down to sleep…" "Good night little one. Don't bite the bedbugs.""Daaad," she says, interrupting her prayer. "You crazy. It's 'don't let the bedbugs bite you'!""You say toe-maw-toe, kiddo, I say two-morrow-it's-ketchup. Night night, sweetie. Light's out." I turned the lights off and plunged her room into darkness."Night night,…See More

May 14

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Frank Montellano commented on Frank Montellano's blog post The Day's Thoughts Linger into Dreams

"Not sure how many Remy Zero fans there are, but there is a reference to one of their songs in the story, another way that the waking world was influencing his sleeping world."

Feb 10

Frank Montellano commented on Laurie's blog post Attitude

"Nice. Two spelling errors, last sentence of third paragraph, 'he' should be 'she'; and third sentence of last paragraph, 'shewing' should be 'chewing'. I liked that Pam and the Martha. :)…"

Feb 8

Travis Smith commented on Frank Montellano's blog post On the Way to a Murder

"Well done view into his mind Frank - the last line was intriguing..."

Feb 8

Kerry Logan commented on Frank Montellano's blog post On the Way to a Murder

"AAAAH! That is some scary truth in people's perspective! He has to believe otherwise the guilt would be so huge as to be near un-faceable. "

Feb 7

Sandra Davies commented on Frank Montellano's blog post On the Way to a Murder

"There is a humungous amount of truth in this ..."

Feb 7

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On the Way to a Murder

"Today, yes today, I will...go to church." I said as I drove past St. Agatha's. I gave the building a quick side glance, on my way down to the wharf. I knew I wasn't going to go to church, hell, hadn't been in over ten years, but it did make me feel better to make the promise. I might even break out the olive pit rosary my grandfather gave me from his trip to the Holy Land. It wasn't that I don't believe in god. I guess that should be a capital 'G', but even though I believe, it is hard to…See More

Feb 7

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Carrol Strain commented on Frank Montellano's blog post A Touch of Something Magical

"Hmmm. A bit of mystery here, and not just the forensic kind. I like the glimpse you give us into the person Carol is in this piece."

Jan 15

Jeanne Alford commented on Frank Montellano's blog post A Touch of Something Magical

"I always love a momentary glimpse of magic and often feel I see it just as the sun is setting over the ocean. I thought he was reacting to seeing her cry by the way."

Jan 9

Sandra Davies commented on Frank Montellano's blog post A Touch of Something Magical

"Thanks Frank - I much prefer that to my first impression."

Jan 8

Travis Smith commented on Frank Montellano's blog post A Touch of Something Magical

"I like the description of her watching the ring and her thoughts about where it came from. The last line does leave it ambiguous as to exactly what happens - or how it connects to the numbers - but it works. I like either of the explanations that…"

Jan 8

Frank Montellano commented on Frank Montellano's blog post A Touch of Something Magical

"I was more thinking that he was reacting to seeing her cry."

Jan 8

Sandra Davies commented on Frank Montellano's blog post A Touch of Something Magical

"I'm presuming she just disappeared? But no idea as to why or how ..."

Jan 8

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A Touch of Something Magical

The Chief investigator turned to her. "I'm going into the other room, Carol. Keep looking in here, see if you can figure out something with those numbers scrawled onto the wall.""OK Chief. I'll see what I can come up with."She put her hand next to the numbers, the forensic guys had already done their thing, no way for her to contaminate the scene, but she was still leery about touching anything directly. She read the numbers again. 68, 69... and then her attention was drawn to her hand.…See More

Jan 8

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Frank Montellano commented on Kerry Logan's blog post The Uncertainty is Past

"I agree with Carrol. Flow is important, and definitely do not let Word's editor be your guide. You can turn off the red lines or ignore them. I prefer my own guidance, and generally go for the short sentence structure with…"

Nov 13, 2011

Frank Montellano commented on Frank Montellano's blog post The Day's Thoughts Linger into Dreams

"Thank you Kerry, :)"

Nov 7, 2011

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On the Way to a Murder

"Today, yes today, I will...go to church." I said as I drove past St. Agatha's. I gave the building a quick side glance, on my way down to the wharf.

I knew I wasn't going to go to church, hell, hadn't been in over ten years, but it did make me feel better to make the promise. I might even break out the olive pit rosary my grandfather gave me from his trip to the Holy Land.

It wasn't that I don't believe in god. I guess that should be a capital 'G', but…

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Posted on February 7, 2012 at 10:30am — 3 Comments

A Touch of Something Magical

The Chief investigator turned to her. "I'm going into the other room, Carol. Keep looking in here, see if you can figure out something with those numbers scrawled onto the wall."

"OK Chief. I'll see what I can come up with."

She put her hand next to the numbers, the forensic guys had already done their thing, no way for her to contaminate the scene, but she was still leery about touching anything directly. She read the numbers again. 68, 69... and then her…

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Posted on January 8, 2012 at 9:16am — 6 Comments

The Day's Thoughts Linger into Dreams

Stepping over a stuffed purple giraffe, my hand rested on the light switch to my daughter's room. I could hear her voice, soft and light, "Now I lay me down to sleep…"

"Good night little one. Don't bite the bedbugs."

"Daaad," she says, interrupting her prayer. "You crazy. It's 'don't let the bedbugs bite you'!"

"You say toe-maw-toe, kiddo, I say two-morrow-it's-ketchup. Night night, sweetie. Light's out." I turned the lights off and plunged her room…

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Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:00pm — 8 Comments

Where Strength Lies

Something short, while everyone works on something long...

"We can't lower the wards!" Brannon yelled. "They're the only thing that's protecting us from going crazy!" He threw his hands up. "We have enough problems as it is!"

“Trust me,” Jalmon said, “there is some strength to be found in Madness.” He said with a grim smile, as if he half-enjoyed the thought of going insane. “Go ahead and lower the Sanity wards. It’s time to leave this island of clarity and…

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Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:00pm — 3 Comments

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At 7:50am on August 28, 2011, Jeanette Cheezum said…: Lovely to be your friend. We have a generator so we can exist. (HAHA)

"Big Guy, now more storms."

At 5:52am on August 27, 2011, Jeanette Cheezum said…: Frank, I do appreciate the offer. I'm just rattled with the storm etc, If that came across wrong I didn't mean for it too.

At 12:34pm on August 26, 2011, Jeanette Cheezum said…: Thanks Frank. I haven't had time to get back to you. (preparing for the storm). Thanks for the cover offer. I'm going to see how mine goes over as it is. If they don't like it I'll eamil you.

At 6:10pm on June 28, 2011, Travis Smith said…: Frank - Nice to see you here!

At 9:37am on June 28, 2011, Sandra Davies said…: Frank, you need to post your words into 'storytelling/blogs' rather than status if you want it to appear as a post.