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    20 In 5 Volume II: January 2012
    20 In 5 Volume II: January 2012
    20 In 5 Volume II: January 2012
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    20 In 5 Volume II: January 2012

    By Mis Tribus

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    20 In 5 Volume II continues the solid path of quality quick-reads thet 20 In 5 Volume I started. Twenty stories you can read in 5 minutes each, with a bit of everything tossed in: romance, fantasy, science fiction, western, action, adventure, mystery, suspense, horror and comedy. Think of it as your coffee break, tea time, bedside companion for the next month!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMis Tribus
    Release dateDec 16, 2011
    20 In 5 Volume II: January 2012
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    Mis Tribus

    Kevin is founder and chief volunteer for Mis Tribus Corp, an open community that provides creators (authors, producers, artists) with the tools, services, and knowledge, to independently publish, produce, and sell their creative products.

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      20 In 5 Volume II - Mis Tribus

      20 In 5

      Twenty stories you can read in 5 minutes each.

      Volume II -- January 2012

      Publisher: Kevin Shockey

      Editor-in-Chief: Gil C. Schmidt

      Copyright 2011, 2012-- Mis Tribus, Gil C. Schmidt

      Published by MisTribus Publishing at Smashwords

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      The Editor's Minute

      Welcome to the second collection of 20 in 5. This monthly e-book/app features a wide range of flash fiction, stories of between 500-750 words, perfect for reading over a cup of coffee, tea, chai or some multi-syllabic confection you order from a barista. Or for reading in bed, just before entering your world of slumber.

      Wherever you may be, we hope you find these mini-breaks in your day an enjoyable spicing, a mini-trek into someplace else and a welcome addition to your digital device.

      Thank you and we look forward to your comments!

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      20 In 5 -- Volume II -- January 2012

      SWEET MORNINGS

      INTERESTING TIMES

      HIS TIME HAS COME

      INDIAN SUMMER

      TIME TO RETIRE

      THE DUKE BATTLES

      MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

      FORESIGHT

      WHERE THERE'S A WILL

      MESSAGE DELIVERED

      GRAPES AND STRAWBERRIES

      TO WATCH FOR SANTA

      NINETEEN SECONDS

      A TARGET FOR BULLET

      THE SILENCE OF PAIN

      HAUL THROUGH IDAHO

      PIECES OF EVIDENCE

      DEBOARDING PASS

      NEIGHBORS

      PLUCKY ADVENTURE

      All stories in this volume authored by Gil C. Schmidt

      SWEET MORNINGS

      Nothing like an early start...

      She came into the bakery as she did every morning…A little flustered, slightly flushed, her hair sporting a stray tendril or two, her hands flitting about her slim figure in a near-frantic search for keys, wallet, sunglasses or change.

      Milton was always there, often kneading dough for one of Eiffel Pierre’s delicate pastries. The quiet dawn hours were his favorites, but they gained a new aura once he knew that she—Jean Marie—would walk in. She was simply beautiful, not in the glamorous, plastic modern way, but in the natural look twice and you’ll see way, the kind of beauty that slips across your eyes, brings a small smile to your lips, then gradually absorbs you until you can’t remember ever thinking she wasn’t beautiful.

      Milton’s claim to fame, at first glance, or maybe down to a third or fourth, were his eyes, a deep green that shimmered with gold specks reminiscent of elves in a wondrous fairy tale. Sadly, those beautiful eyes were obscured by the heavy lenses of glasses that kept him barely this side of legally blind. His eyes were the main reason he took up baking, for the work relied very little on seeing and oh-so-much on sensitivity and feeling.

      Jean Marie breezed in and Milton, as was his habit, smiled shyly, wiped his hands of flour and stood in rapt attention as she flittered and flexed in search of…something. Milton waited patiently until Jean Marie smiled up at him and asked his usual opening question: Will you buy a pastry or three?

      She laughed, as she usually did. Their morning ritual complete, Jean Marie bit her lower lip and scanned the display, hovering over each item as if absorbing its essence. Milton watched, entranced, taking in her profile, the gleam in her eyes and the very sense that Jean Marie was alive in a magical way no one else was.

      Milton’s heart sped up. It always did when Jean Marie was around.

      A maple-glazed doughnut, a pair of ladyfingers and a medium coffee, please. She frowned slightly. I may be overdoing it.

      Milton shook his head. No, ma’am. Seems to me you’re just having a solid Continental breakfast. He quickly placed her order in a waxed box and served her coffee, to go.

      That’ll be $5.87, he said. Busy day today?

      Jean Marie stopped suddenly. Oh, yes. Today’s my last day at work.

      Milton took her

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