HeyJaredReality Dispatch
Reality Dispatch delivers raw, vivid short fiction. Snapshots from the strange corners of everyday life, written instinctively and packed with hidden meaning. Like finding a secret message hidden in your day.
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- Aug 24, 2026
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Attack (opens the original)
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“I could end the war,” she thought. “Maybe I will.”She closed her eyes and brought to her mind’s eye the faces of those she had only read about. The leaders of the countries at odds. She concentrated on them from the comfort of the lounge. She focused on their will and the pressures behind their will, the influencers who exerted power in the shadows. She thought hard, taking another bite of pizza. She made them change their minds like the flick of a switch, planting a seed of a cease fire. Satis
Delivery (opens the original)
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Give them to me.The woman removed her gloves and walked them over, handing them to her as she continued to talk into her headset.“Can you believe he just let her walk in and say those things. And his mother was right there in the room! No kidding! I would have died!”“Thank you,” she said as the gloves were placed in her hands.“Are you kidding! I would not have let her do that to me, he is such a push over!”The woman walked away wi
Commute (opens the original)
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The guard removed his pistol from its holster and held it firmly in his hand, lowered to the ground but ready to be raised.Neil snapped to attention, turned to exit the hostility, walking down Market street he kept a rapid pace. He didn’t turn to look back.Why hadn’t it worked? he wondered. It always works.—She exited her office on to Market street and marched in tune with the other commuters. The night was cold and she didn’t bring a jacket. A decision she instantl
Precedent (opens the original)
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“No, you will settle on the terms I will establish in my draft. No admission of fault and by me. A public apology from you and a payment made as a gesture of good faith. I will reserve my rights to bring an action at any suitable time should I feel so inclined for any reason I deem appropriate.” she said.Someone else’s words coming out of her mouth. She feared the repercussion this momentary lapse in judgment would cause.“Yes,” he replied.He hung up and the phone call was over.</e
Receiver (opens the original)
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Someone passed her. A teenager, maybe early twenties. He gave her a look between glances at his phone. He shook his head in disgust. She turned her thoughts to the subway.“Where was it?” she thought.Back at her desk. No memory of how she got there. The phone rang. She ignored it. Then a colleague exited her office and pounded the carpet over to her desk in anger.“It’s ringing for you! Answer it!” she demanded.She picked up the headset and placed it to her ear.“I have Carl from the Office of Gove
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