Flirting in Space

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  • Shell Game

    “Where is my?…” The girl looked around the red velvet floors of the bar, then reached into her back pocket only to find it empty. “In the bag.” A male voice spoke. For the first time, she looked ahead and saw a bartender standing behind the bar, three red plastic cups beside him and a…

  • Chess

    The man’s eyes lit up as soon as he saw the lacquered chessboard refracting the dim light of the bar. The barman’s eyebrow arched. The man coughed and adjusted his expression back into neutrality.  “I’ve only played casually before,” the man said sitting down on the bar stool, and eyeing the familiar pieces, then with…

  • Roulette

    “I’m dead. Aren’t I?” the girl asked as a roulette machine dropped from the bar ceiling like a chandelier. The barman looked up at her for the first time since she came in. He set the glass in his hand down and nodded toward a velvet chair suspended mid-air. “Sit.” “I’m not jumping up.” The…