Superior Respondent

"I don't know which one I am, or if this is the first time I've written this note," the paper said. "All I know is that I think someone is following me." "Yes." I said to the note. "I am." I crumpled it in my hand. "And we've done this before." I tore the note into tiny pieces and put most of them in my pocket and some into the trashcan next to the end of the row of lockers. I would throw them away in three different cans later. You couldn't be too careful. I used to burn them, but sometimes these places had sensors. Burning things just got people to ask questions you didn't want to answer. Pauly Hart’s novella: “Superior Respondant” deals with elements in storytelling that you are familiar with, but have never been introduced to in such a fashion. A full scaled thriller condensed into a short is often hard to accomplish but this story does it at a breakneck pace with smart simplicity. “Superior Respondant” appeared in his first short story collection: “Sometimes I Write Tiny Stories” and this is the first time it has appeared by itself. Pauly has written over 1,500 poems, 50 short stories and a full length novel: “By the Gates of the Garden of Eden” which are all available on Amazon.com.