There are stories that are meant to be read in leisure and there are those that can only be narrated in series.
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My Conversation With the Devil
A childhood encounter that I never remembered. “You are going to hell. The devil will be glad to take you if you don’t repent.” I was sitting between my parents while the sermon stretched on. At this point, the words were just passing through my ears. I was daydreaming about my RC truck. I’d spent
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The Path We Took One Day
Sixty Years, Same Path. I walked almost two miles home from school every day. I lived just short of the distance required to ride the bus, and I didn’t have a car. My parents let me use it sometimes, but never for school. My older brother and sister needed it too. I didn’t have many
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Short story Going South for the Winter
It was a cold day, but the skiing was good. We called deep powder snorkeling—gliding through it, weightless, breath held, speed lifting you just enough to float. We met them in the lift line. Everyone was there—people laughing, people watching the mountain, others just waiting for the next run. Through goggles and hats I saw
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The Cure Cost Him a Crown
The King giving up his kingdom for a life Since your troops conquered Baeresey, I am at your service, Your Majesty. I am Sercey, Mystic to the Monarch. Baeresey was a cruel empire, ruled by a tyrant. But when a land is conquered, the innocent suffer as well. “When you conquer a country,” the king
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Fourth of July
The Summer I Learned a Kiss Isn’t a Promise It was the Fourth of July and the park had over 10,000 people listening to a band play and waiting for the fireworks display to go off. “Jeff, did you get the beer?” “Let me get it out of the freezer. It’s my dad’s stash, but
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A Dog and His Boy
A boy learns responsibility. A dog proves what loyalty costs. The day we went to the pound, my mom wasn’t sure I was ready for a dog. “Today is the day we go to the pound,” I said. “Yes, Arney,” Mom replied, “but you have to finish your chores first.” It was my turn to