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The Regulars of Amanda Lexie Part 9: Lucielle
J. J. Hanna © 2023 It was a calculated move, but that didn’t make it any easier to do. I hadn’t lied to Amanda. The evidence all pointed to a connection point at the coffee shop. But I couldn’t find the connection by leaving everything as it was. We had to stop this crew from Read more
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The Regulars of Amanda Lexie Part 8: Amanda
J. J. Hanna © 2023 Earlier that day. As a barista, I’d had my fair share of crazy mornings. From grumpy customers asking me to remake their drink four times because it still wasn’t right, getting all the way to the store to open and then realizing I left my apron at home, having the Read more
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The Regulars of Amanda Lexie Part 7: George
J. J. Hanna © 2023 Amanda was always in on Thursdays. In all the years I’d been coming to this coffee shop, I’d never seen her miss a day. But this Thursday, despite my multiple visits back to the shop for more and more caffeine to keep me going, it was becoming clear she wasn’t Read more
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Book Review: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
🖋 🖋🖋🖋🖋 This book is expertly written and I enjoyed every part of it—the humor, the foreshadowing, the red herrings, the playing on and pulling on expectations to subvert them. This is a master class in gritty comedy, and a beautiful example of how to use a genre to pull off one of the most Read more
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The Regulars of Amanda Lexie Part 6: Olivia
J. J. Hanna © 2023 5:45 AM. As usual, I was right on time. But for the first time in a long time, Amanda wasn’t the one who greeted me. That didn’t bode well. For as good as this coffee shop was at giving me exactly what I wanted exactly how I wanted it, that Read more
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Humanity At Home
J. J. Hanna © 2023 The older I’ve gotten, the more at home I feel in coffee shops and cafes. There’s something distinctly comforting about the constant hums of machinery, the smells of freshly ground and brewed coffee beans, and the atmosphere of groups of strangers sharing intimate moments. The environment itself is welcoming, the Read more
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