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The Happy Store: The Shy Shopper

A snow storm, a timid customer, and Clementine Fraile’s eighth adventure at The Happy Store. Part of an ongoing series. It ..


During her 7th adventure, Clementine Fraile finally meets the manager of The Happy Store

It was not until the beginning of her second week at The Happy Store that Clementine Fraile met Walter Graybill, ..


The Happy Store: Once a sales associate…

FICTION – by Shelly Reuben. March 8, 2019. In this, her sixth adventure, Clementine Fraile starts her new job at The ..


The Happy Store: A Frivolous Thing

This is the fourth in a series of stories about Clementine Fraile and her adventures in retail. The first time that ..


The Happy Store: Buying Happiness

This is the third in a series of stories about Clementine Fraile and her adventures in retail. It was difficult for ..


The Happy Store: Oatmeal Cookies

This is the second in a series of stories about Clementine Fraile and her adventures in retail. Fact: Even though Clementine ..


The Happy Store Prelude

(A fictional story) This is the first in a series of stories about Clementine Fraile and her adventures in retail. The first ..


The happy ending: A poem by Shelly Reuben

A pixie, a fairy, a sprite and an elf Assembled with tremulous fear A crises arisen now had to be faced – For ..


Mrs. Penny’s Girl Scouts

I was born after the era when movie stars sparkled on the silver screen, bigger, brighter, and more glamorous than ..


A Poem: I have recently learned

By Shelly Reuben I have recently learned, I’m embarrassed to say (And in knowing I’m now panic-stricken) Of the arduous trials in the ..


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