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Read the Community Novel: Chapter 9 by Carrie Cummings

Posted by on June 26, 2012

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Just discovered us? Start reading with chapter 1 please! Kevin: Hello? Where are you, Kate? Do you think I want to hang out at McD’s alone? Kevin: This is not the time to be late! We have too much work to talk about. Kate: I can’t make it. Kevin: What? What’s up? Please elaborate. Kate: [...]

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Read the Community Novel: Chapter 8 by Paul Swearingen

Posted by on June 19, 2012

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Just discovered us? Start reading with chapter 1 please! Picking up trash wasn’t very difficult, he thought, at least not compared to the juggling act at the office he’d face after he finally served his sent- er, volunteer community service time. What that Sanchez woman was doing for her penance he didn’t know. Maybe she’d [...]

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Read the Community Novel: Chapter 7 by Sarah Burkett

Posted by on June 12, 2012

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Just discovered us? Start reading with chapter 1 please! Kevin leaned back and stretched his back. He had been staring at the computer for too long. Everything was starting to blur together. He couldn’t stop what he was working on. Even though he had to be at the site of the volunteer clean-up early in [...]

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Read the Community Novel: Chapter 6 by Shari Schawo

Posted by on June 5, 2012

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Just discovered us? Start reading with chapter 1 please! They sat down across from agent Fisk and Kevin did a double take, “What is this about, Evelyn’s manuscript?” He looked at Kate. His mouth felt like he had just licked lint off of an old carpet, he was having trouble concentrating, and she was sitting [...]

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Read the Community Novel: Chapter 5 by Matthew Edge

Posted by on May 29, 2012

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Just discovered us? Start reading with chapter 1 please! Whatever got Evelyn fired, it only begins to scratch the surface. At the office, Kate inherits Evelyn’s computer. She discovers that Evelyn was writing a racist fantasy novel on her work computer. Kevin is the thinly-veiled hero of the novel. The novel’s hero, a strapping lad [...]

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Read the Community Novel: Chapter 4 by Antonette Coffee

Posted by on May 22, 2012

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Just discovered us? Start reading with chapter 1 please! Kevin was so engrossed in carrying out his reading of the initial grant proposal that just relieved of her duties Evelyn Blackmon had left behind for any unwilling, unenthusiastic, bored-to-death beneficiary such as himself that he hadn’t noticed Kate entering his office. Kate chucked the morning [...]

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Read the Community Novel: Chapter 3 by D.L. Rose

Posted by on May 15, 2012

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Just discovered us? Start reading with chapter 1 please! “You have got to be kidding me.” Kate’s eyes were wide as she looked at the chair Kevin had pulled up to his desk. He shrugged, not sure what comfort he could offer her. He opted for a joke instead. “Just wait until you see your [...]

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Read the Community Novel: Chapter 2 by Diana Marsh

Posted by on May 8, 2012

Just discovered us? Start reading with chapter 1 please! The specter of the previous week’s excitement still lingered in the office when Kevin arrived Tuesday morning. As he passed Evelyn’s office he paused to peek inside. It was less about curiosity than the simple, cubicle farm-inspired hunter/gatherer instinct: when the herd is culled, their office [...]

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Read the Community Novel: Chapter 1 by Lissa Staley

Posted by on May 1, 2012

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The Friday afternoon before a three day weekend can drag on and on. That is, unless someone in the city offices downtown gets fired and escorted out by security. The whole office stays busy trying to pretend they are not sneakily watching two security officers packing up the office. Not everyone masters the art of [...]

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