Category: Chartan fast fiction
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The Adventures of Chartan: A List and a Letter
(Last Sunday: Minerva tells Chartan she wants to buy the limo service and make him general manager. Chartan, distracted by the job offer, blurts out to Gina one of the names he likes for their baby is Thor, Minerva’s inventor friend—he is surprised that Gina picks “Thor.”) As usual Chartan woke at first light…
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The Adventures of Chartan: Option Revealed
(Last Sunday: Chartan drives Mrs. Minerva to San Francisco where she hints that she has an option for him.) Chartan drove Mrs. Minerva to her mansion a few minutes before six p.m., two hours later than scheduled. The delay was due to an unexpected stop at the end of the trip—the millionaire widow…
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The Adventures of Chartan: An Option
(Last Sunday: Chartan and Gina begin discussing a name for their baby-to-come. Two of the six teens Chartan drove to the prom are still missing.) Chartan eased the limo onto I-80 with Mrs. Minerva on the back chatting on the phone. It was the usual roundtrip from Sacramento to her therapist, Dr. Kodor, …
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The Adventures of Chartan: A Name
(Last Sunday: Two of the six teens Chartan drove to the prom are missing; Brazil concentrates on taking Russian prisoners to a detention center.) Although Chartan tried not to wake Gina when he entered the apartment, she stumbled into the kitchen, fresh from a deep sleep. “You’re late,” she said. “Everything okay?”…
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The Adventures of Chartan: The Lost Fare
(Last Sunday: Chartan drives six teenagers to the senior prom, but the teens are nowhere to be found when he returns to pick them up—the police are on it!) The first hour behind the wheel of the parked limo went reasonably fast as he waited for the police to return, hopefully with six prom-…
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The Adventures of Chartan: The Strange Fare
(Last Sunday: Brazil sees combat action in Ukraine while Chartan is surprised by the uplifting behavior of teenagers in his limo.) First Chartan saw the black and white image of the fetus inside Gina. But what he carried home from the OBGYN’s office was the sound of the heartbeat—it followed him everywhere, including that…
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The Adventures of Chartan: Combat or Not
(Last Sunday: A contrast in heroism: Chartan gets credit for saving people from a forest fire while Brazil patrols the streets of war-torn Kyiv.) “We bleed like everyone else—the same goes for dying,” said Brazil to a crowded room of international fighters. “I’m ready.” Fifty years ago Brazil had said these same…
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The Adventures of Chartan: Heroes
(Last Sunday: Chartan, deep in thought, reacts to a forest fire outside of his apartment building while Brazil questions his decision to do battle in Ukraine.) Chartan, seated behind the wheel of his limousine with Gina by the passenger door, stares at the thick smoke 100 drifting slowly towards the parking lot. …
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The Adventures of Chartan: Fire Outside/Fire in the Belly
(Last Sunday: Brazil doesn’t fire his weapon in a combat situation; Chartan and Gina talk in bed.) Two nights later in their apartment bed, Chartan was on his back staring at the ceiling while Gina slept soundly on her back next to him. His thoughts drifted from the coming birth of their baby,…
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