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    Pain & Paranoia
    Pain & Paranoia
    Pain & Paranoia
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    Pain & Paranoia

    By Jeff Sherwood

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    Jason is a hardworking employee, with a good life until he starts seeing two little goblins that torture him. His friends and co-workers can't see the goblins and question Jason's sanity. Can Jason fight off the goblins or will he end up in a psychiatric ward?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJeff Sherwood
    Release dateOct 12, 2012
    ISBN9781301296798
    Pain & Paranoia
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      Pain & Paranoia - Jeff Sherwood

      Pain & Paranoia

      Jeff Sherwood

      Copyright 2012 by Jeff Sherwood

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      The itching in his leg consumed Jason’s attention as he sat in his bland, beige cubicle. He scratched at his shin with the heel of his shoe, while trying to keep a smooth rhythm of clacking on his keyboard. He answered his phone without stopping the rubbing at the front of his shin, just above his ankle. The digging of his shoe heel caused an aching and a bruise throughout his shin, but only stopped the itching momentarily.

      Jason could barely concentrate on his phone conversation. Once he hung up the phone he smacked his hands on the keyboard and pushed away from his desk. Yanking up his slack leg, he raked the front of his leg with his fingernails. The tingling sensation of the itch was gone, but he continued to dig his fingernails into the skin. The scratching felt so good. The front of his leg turned bright red.

      Jason, do you have the file on … Will Marco … finished?

      Deep in his scratching, he never noticed Tiffany appear over the top of his cubicle wall. Jason peered up at her as if he had just been caught in a gruesome deed. His hair had fallen across his reddened face. His eyes were wide and he was panting.

      What the hell are you doing? Tiffany asked, annoyed by Jason’s antics.

      Jason sat up and brushed his hair back with his hands. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath and let out it out slowly. He looked up at Tiffany, I’m sorry. I had this massive itch on my shin and I couldn’t get rid of it. He paused, You were asking for a file?

      Stop being a freak. she stared at him in mock horror. The people who come in here are bad enough.

      The people who come in here have problems and we need to help them.

      I know, but you don’t need to start acting like them. Tiffany walked around the cubicle wall and sat down in a chair across the desk from Jason. I’m looking for the file on Will Marco.

      I don’t have his file. The last I saw it, Jennifer was processing his information for food assistance.

      Crap! Tiffany shot a quick glance around the opening of Jason’s cubicle. She then turned sharply on Jason, leaning across his desk. "I

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