fiction experiment

I'm a serious fan of short mystery stories, and I've been reading so many lately (along with full-length novels) that I was finally inspired to try something of my own. B is upstairs sleeping, but I had an idea and wanted to come down and try something with it. I'll re-read it in the morning. And again for the record, the following text is purely a work of fiction. And it's meant to be a bit twisted, and cold. I hope it ultimately comes across that way.
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story ideas

Geez, this is fun. After dropping off Z at daycare, I spent 40 minutes with my notebook in my truck, making several edits to the story I wrote last night and brainstorming some ideas for three more stories I could work on next. I used to be frustrated that I couldn't think of any story ideas, but suddenly I'm faced with a handful of them I can start practicing with. Excellent.

fiction experiment, draft 2

Here's a slightly updated version of last night's story with some edits that I like better.

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