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On Being a Modern Dead Person
On Being a Modern Dead Person written by: Andrea Eschen - My ninety-four-year-old mother reminded me for the fifth or sixth time...
Stranger in the Photo
Stranger in the Photo written by: Marie Anderson - The photo falls into my lap as I riffle my wife’s knitting book...
Chicago – Song of the City
Chicago Song of the City written by: Jan Niebrzydowski The harbinger’s voice collided with the street And...
For Father’s Day
For Father’s Day A True Story, But Short, for Father’s Day written by: Phyllis Schwartz I was...
Dragon Boys
Dragon Boys written by: Sasha Wolff The funeral. It’s a funeral. There’s not much to it. We’ve...
Christmas Caroling
Christmas Caroling written by: Jan Niebrzydowski Passel of fresh faced girls huddled in the snow The stinging...
Mom Was Waiting For Us In The Dark
Mom Was Waiting For Us In The Dark written by: Amelia Estelle Dellos It began as a...
The Final Decision
The Final Decision written by: Anupam Rajak @AnupamR48607861 Captain Russel couldn’t see the lights of the runway...
The Photograph
The Photograph written by: Christopher Johnson @cjohnsonwrite Ulee looked out the window as the train crawled past...
Things Unsaid
Things Unsaid written by: Christopher Johnson @cjohnsonwrite When I was a teenager—sixteen, to be exact—I worked at...
Resurrection Mary
Andy Lind written by: Andy Lind @AndrewJLind On Archer Avenue, she walks alone In a dress of...
Encounter With A Shoebill
Encounter With A Shoebill written by: Steve Carr @carrsteven960 I sat in the front of the motorboat...
ALLOVIT – A Story of Love
ALLOVIT – A Story of Love written by: Vergil Smith 1991 – 2003 CHICAGO From the beginning,...
My Old Man’s Congratulations
My Old Man’s Congratulations written by: Judge Burdon “What you want to be and what you become...
