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E.O. HARGREAVES: Stay

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In the deadest hour of night, a tangerine-colored torrent arrives.

My girlfriend’s terrified; I drag her half-clothed from the blanket to shield her from the forest’s scathing flames. Wholeheartedly she clings to me, though I know only yesterday her eyes wandered.

Somewhere deep in my pocket, the matchbox shifts restlessly.

EO’s fairly certain that arson isn’t the way to a woman’s heart. It’s probably bacon or something. Unless she’s vegan. Then maybe it’s veggie bacon.

BILL COX: First Impressions

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I didn’t get the warmest of welcomes when I started at the new branch. In fact, it was downright chilly!

Months passed before I discovered that Frank, my best work buddy and inveterate office joker, had phoned ahead to warn my new colleagues about my kleptomania and willful fire-raising tendencies.

Bill lives in Aberdeen, Scotland. He once flew in a UFO but was sworn to secrecy by the Men in Black.