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It will also be included in a collection of Café stories coming out in July 2026, in both eBook and Print editions. In the meantime, you can now get all of the stories from 2025 in STORIES FROM THE CAFÉ: VOLUME ONE and STORIES FROM THE CAFÉ: VOLUME TWO!
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A history assignment that determines the future…
Billy has two more days to get his history assignment in or he doesn’t graduate college. Doesn’t get his NASA internship. And worst of all, disappoints his mother. On his third try, if he fails the class this time, all his plans crumble. He must pass history and graduate or his entire future goes up in smoke.
And this single history project stands between him and all those plans.
Well, the paper and staying awake long enough to get it done. The need for caffeine lures him into the café. Where he hopes to make at least some progress.
But strange things happen at the café. And sometimes the future needs a little nudge.
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My fellow Gen Xers or anyone who's a fan of Keanu Reeves and Alex Winters might recognize both the title and the references in the story. If you don't, that's fine! I hope you enjoyed the story without that background. But if you'd like to know what was in the back of my mind when that title occurred to me, go watch Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. (grin) Also, those who have seen the movie and are wondering where Ted was...Ted "Theodore" Logan got a glow up (Dora--get it? Theodora? LOL),
Anyway, inside jokes to amuse myself aside, if you’d like your own personal eBook copy of this story, you can find it for sale here. You can also peruse the previous Café stories that are individually available for sale here.
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