fiction
Boat Trouble
There was no moon the night they ran into boat trouble. The delicate crescent had set at five minutes to eleven while they drove up the lonely northern highway. The …
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In the Palace of Cats
Hillary was weeding the flower bed, and questioning the weediness of weeds, some of which were just as beautiful as any flower, when an urgent message reached her from the …
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The Love Nest
october 10, 2013 Dear Lucy and Dennis! Thank You from bottom of my heart for super stay! We from Los Angeles (before that from Moscow), and you helped to make …
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My Pleasure
The McDonald’s had been there for decades, built in sunnier days, but it couldn’t last
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A System from the North
For losing a child, she knew she would be fired. She had plenty of experience with fireable offences
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Fighting Symmetry
How I rescued my son from obsessive compulsive disorder
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Bye Judy and Good Luck
Judy shakes her head sadly. She winces as if even that hurts. Then she tells us how she got so drunk last night that she decided she’d try to get her dog and cat to make friends
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Never Too Late
He wondered if he could get used to being with a woman who wasn’t able to ride or rope or wrangle
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Chapel of the Pines
There’s always room on the bench next to Sad Billy. Under the Whitman Tree. Says the brass plaque hammered into its midsection, the tree took root in 1892, the year …
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