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Excerpts Literature 

Imperfect

September 20, 2024September 20, 2024 Katy Motiey

Vida slid her hand across the cool surface of the wooden end table and searched for the box of matches she had left along with a lighter next to the candle the night before. She bit her lip. Was she already getting used to the changes being forced on her—on all Iranians?

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Literature Serial Novels 

Anti-Catholic Chronicles Section B

June 20, 2024June 20, 2024 Michael P. Tremoglie

What began as a dispute about divorce between England’s King Henry VIII and Pope Clement VII mushroomed into a civil war and a long-lasting hatred of Catholics by English Protestants. 

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Literature 

Spiderweb Alley

June 3, 2024June 3, 2024 Verlyn Flieger

Elverie, noun. obscure. Fairyland, Elfland, the Otherworld of myth and folktale. Often conflated with the Land of the Dead. Dialect

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Literature Serial Novels 

The Anti-Catholic Chronicles: Chapter I Section A Introduction

June 3, 2024June 20, 2024 Michael P. Tremoglie

It is fitting that a Baltimore newspaper should publish a monograph about anti-Catholicism in America. Maryland was a colony founded for Catholics, and Lord Baltimore, after whom the city was named, was Catholic. Maryland is also the home of the oldest Catholic Church in the original 13 colonies—St. Francis Xavier was founded in 1731 in Compton.

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Essays Literature 

Joy?

April 7, 2024 Earl Yarington

For some, joy is the most elusive. Even after a half-century or more, it’s shown its face once or thrice? I think about when did I really experienced joy.

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

‘Except for a few details…’ The Elevator Trilogy (Short-Short Stories To Clear Your Head)

January 14, 2024January 14, 2024 Les Cohen

I’m busy working on a new book and still looking for an agent to rep other books I’ve written for upper elementary and middle school readers.

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

‘Except for a few details…’ – Imaginary Mary (Short-Short Stories to Clear Your Head. This one’s PG-13 rated.)

January 7, 2024January 7, 2024 Les Cohen

Hey.  The next time you feel the need to throw cold water on your brain, read one of these short-short

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

‘Except for a few details…’ – Interview With An Alien (Short-Short Stories to Clear Your Head)

December 31, 2023December 31, 2023 Les Cohen

Hey.  The next time you feel the need to throw cold water on your brain, read one of these short-short

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

‘Except for a few details…’ – The Proposal (Short-Short Stories to Clear Your Head)

December 17, 2023December 17, 2023 Les Cohen

This fifty-fifth installment is called “The Proposal.”  It’s a short-short story about two people, a businessman and a waitress, very attracted to each other, but who don’t even know each other’s names.

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Except for a Few Details Literature 

‘Except for a few details…’ – The Ladies Room (Short-Short Stories to Clear Your Head)

December 10, 2023 Les Cohen

This fifty-fourth installment is called “The Ladies Room.”  It’s a short-short story about a man who inherits the company his grandfather founded and raised him to takeover, but there’s an unexpected catch.

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The current U.S. national debt:
$36,214,181,120,572

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