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Becky Carlson
@beckycarlson
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Becky's Stories
Zen and the Art of Minion Management
“I’m bored, Igor. What plaything can you offer me today?” The evil doctor asked his minion with undisguised malice.
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A Ch0nky Goodbye
It was a cold day winter day in the beef box, but Sam was never bothered by the cold, if anything it invigorated him. “Today is the ...
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BBQ Boag
Sam was a talented designer and developer. He was always dabbling in something whether it was helping colleagues debug code or turning ...
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A Tale of Two Tails
Ask any truth seeker, meme peddler, or GIF archeologist worth their salt about feline mythology and they’ll chat your ear off about ...
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Seared Memories
It is a natural and unavoidable phenomenon that all sprints—no matter their scope nor intensity—come to an end. We, the agile, dash ...
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A Segue at Sea
Admiral Baldwin finished his early morning tea and toast before pacing the deck of the S.S. Lean Coffee collecting his thoughts. He ...
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Lost in Greg's Beard
All was quiet in the Musick household save for a mechanical hum emanating from the attic. A keen observer watching from the across ...
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Retrium for a Dream
Deep off the coast, in the treacherous hills of Retrium, a close-knit band of developers, designers, and product owners huddled around ...
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When George Met Barbara
Cookie duster, dirt squirrel, lip luggage, nose neighbor, face lace, mouth brow, or simply the prosaic stache. While they go by many ...
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All Chonks Eve
Sit back in your coziest chair, in front of your warmest hearth, and prepare yourself for this most ghoulish tale of one feline's harrowing ...
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Frather of the Bride
"Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me," said the Godfrather. "But until that day, consider ...
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Chicken Salad for the Soul
Fall had come early to Belleville. Julian swept the leaves from his stoop and flipped the sign adorning his bodega from CLOSED to OPEN ...
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Hot & Steamy
Karen flipped idly through her alphabetized record collection, settling quickly on the B’s as she so often did. She’d met the most ...
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Becky & Valsecchi
The phone rang, loud and reverberating, the way only rotary phones do. Becky raced to pick it up only to be beaten by Valsecchi, who'd ...
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Frescoes of the Mind
Three stubby sheep with fire red wool convened atop a majestic mountain at daybreak just as they had many times before. As they began ...
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Madam, I’m Adam
Many moons ago, before the beginning of time itself, an ageless being was thrust onto the cosmic stage. A swirling mass—of youth, hair ...
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Band Together
Each member of the Hayward household boarded the train in navy formalwear, and clutching a carefully chosen possession. Between the ...
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Breach in the Canopy
Light poured through the canopy of the verdant glen, dancing upon the heads of Teri, Tabby, and Tim—the elder squirrels of the Acorn ...
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Roadmunk, Our Lord and Savior
The bustling street was alive with caroling and commerce. Snow had just begun to fall when two unmistakably eccentric old timers, Evelyn ...
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Fossil Fuel
The forest shook with explosive energy. Before the dust settled, herds of feathered ankle-high dinosaurs scurried out. "It's happening," ...
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A Conscious Uncoupling
Tom and his co-conspirators made it through one last wall of evergreen and into a clearing. Out of breath, all three scanned the night ...
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Crush
It was the first real day of spring when Hannah and her brother decided to put their plan into motion. They packed their supplies and ...
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On Schedule
Out of breath, Haley reached the intersection just as the railroad crossing arms were coming down. Frantically, she looked left then ...
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Far Afield
The further they drove, the fewer billboards they saw. The hotels and factories turned to homes, the homes turned to farms. The team ...
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