GAINFULLY EMPLOYED AT GEORGIA’S ELITE

Ann James
The Haven
Published in
7 min readFeb 22, 2022

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rain forest jim ©ann james 2/21/17 : gainfully employed at georgia’s elite is a rewrite of the sexy parts

CHAPTER ONE: NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH : september 2020

CHAPTER TWO: PAYBACK

CHAPTER THREE: NAKED LUNCH

CHAPTER FOUR: SNOWBOOTS AND STILETTOS

CHAPTER FIVE: KILLING MICHAE(WITH AN UMLAUT)L WERTENBERG — SECOND ATTEMPT

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CHAPTER ONE: NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH : september 2020

1 word story:

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Mrs. J sitting on her front porch on a cool, crisp autumn morning. The smoke from the California wild fires is nearly gone.

“Most days, we have our battle born blue skies back. Sure do love this time of year.” (she talks to herself sometimes)

Neighbor girl Jessica rides up on her scooter. She drops it on the lawn and runs up this old driveway all torn to chunks by the cottonweed trees.

“Miss Jackson, you hear there’s going to be a slaughterhouse across the street? Won’t that be cool? It’s like a big Halloween store where you can get costumes, and masks, and there’s a haunted house.”

“I didn’t hear about that, Jessy. That sounds great. About time there’s something for you kids to do ‘round here.”

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Ann James
The Haven

Her writing muse lurks in the volcanic hills amidst mustangs, marmots and jackalopes. While hiking with her dogs, Ann stumbles upon stories of dark humor.