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Posted on May 15, 2020May 9, 2020

Your Life’s Work…In One Sentence or Less

You’re on vacation, but it’s a downpour of rain outside.  Just your luck. What was supposed to be a relaxing morning enjoying the outdoors is…

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Posted on March 25, 2020

The Two Teachers

The professor walked into the café, ordered a drink, and sat down at the window bar with a huff, oblivious to the lone man next…

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Posted on January 26, 2020March 23, 2020

The Clever Painter’s Dreams

“It’s exactly what you think it is,” she tells you with a quick smile, "You're just not thinking wide enough." You furrow your brows, concentrating…

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Posted on January 1, 2020January 26, 2020

100 Years in 1,000 Words

15 July, 1920 Hello. Is that how you start a diar- a journal? This is dumb. This is the worst birthday gift. I am seven years…

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Posted on December 9, 2019March 23, 2020

The Traveler’s Prayer

If I fell from the sky from a thousand long milesThen would you be right there so to catch me? If I wandered the forests…

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Posted on December 2, 2019December 10, 2019

Found Balloons: December

These are the first words I’ve written since my Halloween story I did back in October. I’ve probably committed struggling writer sacrilege by doing the…

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Posted on November 1, 2019January 26, 2020

The Cursed Constellations

“Be brave, and don’t hunt the goats…” The campfire roared and crackled as the three kids huddled around. They stared with wide, excited eyes, wondering at…

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Posted on October 20, 2019January 26, 2020

The Physics of Interstellar Loneliness

Seven billion specks of lightScattered o’er a thousand nightscomplex order, intertwineddance to rules beyond our minds Seven billion sky bound beingsFloat, ephemerous, at seaDaunting, though,…

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Posted on October 6, 2019April 14, 2022

Found Balloons: October

What was the girl’s main complaint when she read Pride and Prejudice? While you dwell on that question (the answer’s at the end), it’s time…

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Posted on September 27, 2019January 26, 2020

The Invincibility Spell

Coming of age at .2 Mach (Drink pairing: Vodka Redbull) He did it. It took a whole year of saving pennies — moonlighting in restaurants,…

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