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over me, holding a newspaper.
Nice of you to join the family in our time of need,” he said.
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“What happened?” I asked.
“You passed out.” Then I remembered that my dad was dead and it wasn’t just a
bad dream.
“Here’s the evening edition of the Tampa Times,” Jude said, throwing the
newspaper at me.
The headline on the front page read: Local Man Dies in Freak Accident as City
Sanitation Truck Smashes into Area Buckstar’s. This is what thearticle said: A Tampa
resident was killed at the scene of a horrible accident when a city sanitation truck, driven
by Mark Tempest, age 30, lost control of its brakes. The truck sped out of control and
crashed into the Buckstar’s Coffee Shop located on Dale Mabry Avenue and Kennedy
Boulevard. Henry Robinson, age 48, was the only patron in the coffee shop at the time.
He was reportedly drinking one of the company’s famous non-fat decaf mocha lattes
when he was struck. Sources at the scene say Robinson may also have been eating a
cheese danish, but the pastry has yet to be recovered.
BUCKSTAR’S SINFUL MOCHA CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS
Ingredients:
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cup butter
-¼ cups white sugar
egg
T instant coffee
T water
tsp vanilla extract
-¼ cups all-purpose flour
tsp lemon juice
tsp baking powder
tsp baking soda
cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 350° F (175° C). Dissolve instant coffee in water. In a large bowl,
mix coffee, butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla until soft. Add flour, salt, baking powder, and
soda, and blend thoroughly. Add chocolate chips. Spoon mixture into lined muffin cups.
Bake for 25 minutes. Recipe makes approximately 15 muffins.
Author’s Bio:
Karen Mueller Bryson is a published, produced and award winning playwright.
She is currently a student in the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Program in Creative Writing
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