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Lady of the Night

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You just got off the bus and are walking the few blocks left towards your home, after a long and tiring day at work, working overtime until nightfall. If only you could release a bit of tension at home with your beautiful wife once you get there, but after years of marriage with her you know not to expect much. What excuse is she going to bring up tonight? The "It's getting late and I am too tired" or the "I don't feel so good, I have stomach cramps / a headache"? You groan in frustration. As you turn a corner something grabs your attention. You notice a shop that was not there yesterday, which is strange as you walk the exact same path home every day. The rustic exterior does not fit in well with the modern buildings surrounding it. The wooden walls and stone chimney from which multi-colored smoke comes it enforces the mystical aura surrounding it. Curious, you walk up the few steps to the wooden door, which opens under your push with a creak and the ring o...

Wish for Grandchildren

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You have just had a great meal at your mom's place, and are sitting with her on the patio, enjoying the cool fall night air. You try to spend as much time with her as you can, but she only seems to get lonelier and lonelier since your dad died a few years back. She is also getting more and more insistant on you starting a family as soon as possible, so she can enjoy having grand kids and seeing them grow, as if that would somehow fill the hole in her heart. But your last girlfriend dating few months back already, chances are you are at least few years out of just starting to think about having your own family. Being an only child, it is not as if she could count on anyone else to provide her with little grand children. Once agains she trails off, mumbling. "I really wish you would settle down, focus on having a family" As she spoke you notice from the corner of your eye a flash in the night sky, a shooting star quickly flaring up and dying down just as quick. Odd coincide...