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It's time.
The journey through one woman's memory of her father as she mourns his death and reflects as she simply makes her way to work...
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little girl and secrets twirl
a mothers love lead to even bigger love, but a secret made her pay.
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Gospel Redux
All Ever Again
1Literary fiction
Another Morning
We resist time, and then we wonder about the promise that was inside.
0Literary fiction
Crossing Kitty-Corner/a midlife crisis
This chapter comes from a memoir I recently finished about how I navigated the midlife transition, coped with social anxiety,...
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Ages 'n Ages Hence; The Fall of Democracy
The day's world with bare facts, as seen from a better view; through the life of a balloon.
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Momma's Kitchen
After nineteen years of being alive and Terry is finally going to meet her birth mother but is the mother she's dying to meet...
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The Summer of the Riotous Walls
The Riotous Walls is a fictionalized memoir of the summer of 1991 in a sweltering upstairs apartment on the outskirts of a small...
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My two hearts
Twin girls lost their mother when they were four years old. They have never gotten along. That broke the grandmothers heart. When...
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<Leo> Chapter 1
Leo's in love. At least, he thinks he is. It's complicated. But of course, that's what happens when you fall for Ruby La Rouge...
1Literary fiction
Caldor
The time has come...
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kicked from haven
an old man who lost his lover in younge age and she left him a note that she will see him in haven some day and so he saw her...
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Blessington
Absolutism fuels fanaticism and conflicts all over the globe. From religious to political and scientific treatise, lines are drawn...
2Literary fiction
My Animal Shadow
A girl and her best friend. A very short story.
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Who is to Blame?
There are many different versions of Medusa's legends. But what if, it is only because even she could not remember the truth?
1Literary fiction
Dark Eyes
Dark eyes made an uplifting connection; or was it an appeal?
3Literary fiction
The Back Bencher
A beleaguered husband takes action after deciding he can no longer tolerate his brittle marriage.
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Flip Flop
As a man ventures out for swim at sunset, his guess is as good as ours as to what the waves of his thoughts have in store...
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A Little Sunlight
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End of the Road
This story explores the internal experiences (and external observations) of the main character, Ty, who surreptitiously watches...
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