Just You and I
(content warning: this story includes references to domestic violence.) As a cradle Catholic, I always knew you needed your faith to do...
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Matias F. Travieso-Diaz
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Polyps
1 My knees and hands were bleeding and hurt like the dickens, but I was still holding onto the seashell I had picked up from the darkened...
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John F. Miglio
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Killing Malice
My stepmother’s name was Alice, but I called her Malice because she haunted my childhood and was the evilest person I ever knew—and for...
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E.C. Traganas
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Stone Castings
Herculaneum, 79 AD (Back in the 1980s, over three hundred carbonized skeletal remains were discovered submerged along the coastline of...
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Richard Lehan
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Lipoma
1. Vin stood in front of the bathroom mirror studying the lump protruding from his left shoulder. Pinching it between his thumb and index...
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Luisa Kay Reyes
Nov 1, 20237 min read
Land of the Free
It was an ambush! John Ware and his South Carolina militia men had successfully defeated the well-armed redcoats at the bridge. But...
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Krin Van Tatenhove
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Baby Bridget's Ashes
Adrian Reynosa awaited his final appointment of the day. He was weary of urine tests, paperwork, perfunctory questions with equally...
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Rebecca M. Blackwell
Feb 13, 20236 min read
Fun (and NOT so much) with Dementia: One Couple’s Journey with Love and Loss
(Note: the following are excerpts from Rebecca M. Blackwell’s book published in 2022. Here is a link for the full copy). For most people,...
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Shawn Casselberry
Jun 2, 20225 min read
Shell
Maddie was a widow who lived by the beach. Every morning and evening she walked along the shore remembering her husband David and their...
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Suzanne Bea Slover Leahy
May 6, 20225 min read
Coming to Life Among the Dying
My grandfather died rather suddenly when I was 9 years old. He was a fun grandfather who would do anything to make his grandchildren...
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