Tag: Bite Me After Coffee
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CHAPTER 01: BREW AWAKENING
It all started with a bad night’s sleep, a broken French press, and a questionable YouTube tutorial titled Coffee So Strong It’ll Raise the…
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CHAPTER 02: THE BARISTA OF BABEL
It was just past five o’clock in the morning on a Tuesday when the first customer at Bean Me Up asked for a cappuccino…
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CHAPTER 03: THE LATTE POSSESSION
Kevin from HR just wanted to impress his boss. He had spilled coffee on himself twice already that morning and was determined not to…
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CHAPTER 04: MUFFIN MANIFESTO
Karen just wanted a blueberry muffin. She had entered Bean Me Up every morning for weeks, ignoring the chalkboard outside that now read: TRY…
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CHAPTER 05: FLAT WHITE FLIGHT
Flight 666 from Charlotte to Atlanta was scheduled to be uneventful. Until Melissa, a cheerful flight attendant with a slight caffeine dependency and a…
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CHAPTER 06: ESPRESSO PATRONUS
It was the first Tuesday of the month, which meant two things at Cedar Grove Public Library. The Mystery Book Club met in Meeting…
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CHAPTER 07: COLD BREW REAPER
Malcolm, the Grim Reaper, was on a sabbatical. After 2,000 years of relentless soul collection, upper management had finally forced him to take leave.…
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CHAPTER 08: AFFOGATO INFERNO
Luigi’s Gelateria had been a modest family business for three generations and was known for two things: generous scoops and a disturbing lack of…
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CHAPTER 09: THE BEAN COUNTERS
At Vexler & Grudge, the accounting firm so bland it made beige seem edgy, something extraordinary happened on a Tuesday. Tina from Finance, desperate…
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CHAPTER 10: MOCHA POLTERGEIST
When the Petersons rented out their Victorian home for short term lodgers, they expected guests, tips, and occasional weird reviews about the creepy antique…
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CHAPTER 11: PUMPKIN SPICE APOCALYPSE
Every autumn, the town of Cedar Grove braced itself for the annual Pumpkin Spice invasion. Otherwise, known as The Season When Everything Tastes Like…
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CHAPTER 12: DOPPIO TROUBLE
In the shadowy underworld of caffeine enthusiasts, two secret societies clashed over the ultimate prize. The last known stash of Clorvex’s cursed coffee beans.…
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CHAPTER 13: POUR ONE OUT
I thought I was done. After thirteen weeks of coffee chaos, demonic disasters, and enough mop duty to qualify for a janitorial degree, I…
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CHAPTER 01: A SIP OF RIVALRY
The morning started like any other in the quirky little town of Cedar Grove until the tea shop Leaf & Lore unveiled its new…
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CHAPTER 02: STEEPING SHADOWS
The Leaf & Lore Tea Shop was buzzing with customers and with an unmistakable aura of arcane energy. Mira, the coven’s head tea sommelier,…
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CHAPTER 03: FOAM & FLAMES
InferGelatoTM had become a hotspot not just for fiery affogatos, but for spontaneous combustion of baristas’ patience. Specifically, Matteo’s patience. Ever the showman, he…
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CHAPTER 04: A DASH OF CHAOS
Jo wasn’t cut out for war, but there she was, caught in the middle of a magical beverage turf battle, clutching a chipped mug…
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CHAPTER 05: THE GREAT BREW-OFF
Cedar Grove’s town square was buzzing with anticipation as the two rival factions, The Order of the Eternal Steam and Leaf & Lore’s Tea…