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100 Word Wednesdays – Police Blotter Stories – Flour.

Yet another small, 100 word, piece of fiction based on an item from the police blotter of my hometown of Burlingame, CA.  Link to the actual story follows the 100 words.  Enjoy.  Tell a friend.

Flour
By Grant Baciocco

So this was it.  This is what happens when you piss off a bunch of bakers.  Amanda had not meant to do it.  She had merely said that the croissants were a little dry, that’s all.  They were delicious.  Extremely, so.  But they were a little dry.

The bakers had begun yelling at her.  Screaming about her ‘common palate.’  Saying she wouldn’t know fine food if it had been delivered to her from God.  She’d left the bakery in tears.

That was a week ago.  She was relieved when, two nights ago, the phone calls had stopped.

But now this.

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1800 block of Sequoia Avenue, 11:24 a.m. July 3 A resident who found flour on her doorstep was provided with conflict resolution information.

100 Word Wednesdays – Police Blotter Stories – Make It Stop!

Another 100 word story based on an item from the police blotter of my hometown of Burlingame, CA.  Enjoy!  Link to the article follows the story.

Make It Stop
By Grant Baciocco

Day 365

It started at 5:30am this morning.  A bit earlier than it has the past few days.  Today he’s using the side of his fist, a nice departure from him using his knuckles.  Perhaps they are sore from 6 days in a row.  Good.  He deserves a little pain for the pain he’s put me through.

I had thought I’d grown used to it now that is has been a year, but I do believe, today, I have reached my wits end.  Today I may have to do something about it.  I may have to make a call.

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1000 block of El Camino Real, 3:10 p.m. Wednesday Police advised a resident who said a neighbor “has been pounding on his door for almost a year” to contact the apartment manager.