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Friday Flash: Outsourced
Bernard Smith lowered his suitcase quietly onto the porch he had lovingly repainted this summer. He wasn’t sure what he was going to say to his family. Nothing had changed on the outside of his...
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Friday Flash: A Family Ghost Story
Much of my life has played out in one rehab circle or another, so you can take my story or leave it. All I can do is tell it, tell the truth…and the truth is, I’m not even sure I believe it. My mother...
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Friday Flash: America Wholesale
Odis Harding heard the knock on his door; he just wasn’t ready to go. He knew this would be the last time he would see his home. “Dad? Can you open the door? Dad? Can you hear me?” “I ain’t deaf,” he...
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Halloween Friday Flash #1: The Closet
The soft, throaty laugh of my new bride, the steady beat of a tropical October rain on our rented beach bungalow walls, the gurgling of champagne being poured in the candle-lit room…these are the...
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Friday Flash: The Bouy
He stood, a weathered, brown sack of bones in front of the blue sea. Soggy white cotton pants hung, dripping seawater. This was his only attire. Hands were clasped behind his back as he watched with...
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Weekend in Atlanta
Living life outloud. Being fearless. It has to be a decision, right? You can’t just float through life; you have to take the reins, write your own story. I decided my story has to start including more...
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Terrorism: The World Is On Fire
Dear readers, I try to keep this blog light and only talk about things that pertain to my cozy mysteries. But I am a writer, which means words are the way I work things out for my own sanity. Today–in...
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To The Men Running the U.S. Government
So, this should probably be a slam poem and maybe one day I’ll be brave enough to record it as such. For now, I’m sharing it as the written word. After learning about the House panel voting to make...
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