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7 AM on a Sunday morning? She blinked at her alarm. Yeah, I don't think so. Her hand was halfway to the snooze button when she remembered why, exactly, her alarm had gone off at such an unholy hour on what should be her day off. She swore, lay in bed staring at the ceiling for a moment, then swung her legs over the side of the bed and stood up, hissing slightly as the cold of the floor seeped into her skin. She didn't want to go, even leaving aside the time, but it was an obligation, and obligations, her father had always taught her, were things that you must meet, or be prepared to deal with the consequences. Even he had eventually stopped being able to meet his obligations, though, and--

Inspiration: Woke up too damn early today.
Story Potential: Low.
Notes: It's not a story idea, just a cute intro.

The 10:10 train came into the station at precisely midnight. People had started to gather around the train tracks at 10:30--regular passengers, knowing the train would be trying to make up its time and that it wouldn't wait very long on the station. By 11:00, they noticed that the station police were there. By midnight, when the train finally came up the tracks, there were news reporters and a cordon of regular police holding back the passengers and the gawkers. Nobody knew precisely what had happened, but they all figured that the strain hadn't been reporting in to the other stations properly. They gripped their suitcases with the nervous readiness of the benched baseball player, the one who knows--

Inspiration: Started writing at 10:10.
Story Potential: High?
Notes: I like the set-up, even if it's not terribly original and this little nugget doesn't have any particular place it's heading.

7 AM: Genre Undetermined

The 10:10 Train: Genre Undetermined