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BOW Life Goes On #3 by Mark Lichterman
Sammy could tell a ‘tall story’ or a downright lie or argue his ‘innocence’ and most people, looking at his sweet face and innocent blue eyes were prone to believe just about anything the boy said...
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BOW#18 Rock Hudson by Mark Lichterman
Both dressed in fairly nice, though not overly expensive summer clothing, holding hands they entered through the main entryway into a world of heretofore unseen old fashioned, old world shiny wood grained, red carpeted splendor...
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BOW: ‘Deposit Receipt’. by Mark Lichterman
A long ranch style structure with a faded authentic Mexican tile roof, the house itself was light salmon coloured stucco and used brick. In the centre of the perfectly trimmed lawn was a moderately large decorative tree with, from that distance — about thirty feet – the silver-leafed tree looked to ..
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BOW: ‘La Jolla' by Mark Lichterman
Though not all that unusual in San Diego, especially in the wealthy city of La Jolla, although — because they knew it was an exotic automobile — all though they’d named a pet after one, neither Marsha or Mitchell had ever seen a Mercedes Benz automobile...
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BOW: Fisherman's Grotto by Mark Lichterman
“How come all the waitress here…” Marsha asked “... look like they should be home knitting, or maybe in a nursing home?”..
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BOW: Shelter Island by Mark Lichterman
“Marcie, it’s not getting out of our place, it’s getting to… ‘where’?. I’ll tell you, though, if we can’t get into whatever we buy here in thirty days, the extra ten grand will sure give us a hell of a nice vacation until we do.”..
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Bowling Prayer for Jesus by Jerelyn Craden
Let it be...
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Boy To BoyTalk by Mark Lichterman
At that moment Mitchell had two clear-cut revelations: Maybe it ain’t pee, but that other stuff that guys make into girls. Also, until that very moment he had never considered that, If it feels so nice when I do it to myself, maybe it’s gotta feel even more wonderful when you do it with a girl, ’ca..
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Brenda, Snuffy and the Computer Store by Harold Hester
What do you do and where do you go when your computer hic-cups?..
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Bridges and Trees by Ellen Larson
Days blend into months and years for a simple policeman keeping his post in a quiet suburb of Cairo, Egypt...
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Bruised Apples by Debra Purdy Kong
This is a story of family angst and unresolved sibling rivalry. It has appeared on Joyous Publishing's website and in Sheroes Rag e-zine...
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Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble by Mark Lichterman
Becoming angry. “Enough’s ‘enough’, already!” Following Marsha to the crib, moving in front of her and lowering his voice. “Go, on!” Taking her by the arms again, attempting to steer her back to bed. “Marcie, ‘please’ go back to sleep! Let me take care of Mikey!”..
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Bubbles Need Bursting by Odin odin@aflx.com
Mixing one’s thinking between prose and verse is rather revealing sometimes. You start off thinking there’s a poem there, then you discover it’s more like flash fiction, then you accept it’s prose poetry trying to form itself into something worth reading. I refer to it as prosetry in progress. (Im..
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By Their Fruits You Will Recognize Them by Adele Gill
When you invite the Holy Spirit into your heart and mind, he will come and reside within you, and you will receive the Fruit of the [Holy] Spirit. When that happens, you are changed from the inside out for the good, in all the best ways. ..
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Call of the Wild by NEILSON WILLIAMS
INTRODUCING THE WRATH OF GOD ALMIGHTY..
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Calling American Parents: Rise Up & Meet the Challenge of Rising China by Jennifer Bouani
Everywhere we turn, we hear about the rise of China and the likely prediction that its shadow will soon eclipse the American Dream. I don’t know about you in regards..
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Camp McCoy (PG for language by Mark Lichterman
Waiting… Waiting… It started.
Taps.
The sad, melodic sound of the bugle wafted throughout the camp. Hanging on air, it seemed to echo as a second bugle, at the far end of the sprawling compound, began a scant second after the first...
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Capital Bookfest by Sylvia Beverly
Capitol Book Festival is a festival that I enjoy participating in. It gives me the opportunity to meet other authors and publishers.
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Carmen O’hera & Mrs Gerwitz by Mark Lichterman
‘Carmen O’Hara’: a gangly, homely, not so middle aged redhead sat with her father at the table watching every fumbling move he made and listening to every stuttering word he stuttered. Mitchell blundered through the entire forty minute presentation without so much as one ‘yes’ from Miss O’hara and, ..
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Catalogue Girl by David Schwinghammer
A young boy is seduced by a woman
he first saw in the Sears catalogue...
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CG Rockaway/Ewing (PG 13 for Language) by Mark Lichterman
Ewing was not bigoted; he just hated ‘Niggers’, ‘Gooks’, ‘Kikes’, ‘Wops’, ‘Spicks’, ‘Pretty Boys’, ‘Civilians’, ‘Politicians’ and ‘Philadelphia Lawyers’—not necessarily in that order.
And ‘lucky’ him! Mitchell Lipensky fell into two of, Warrant Officer Floyd Richard Ewing’s hated categories..
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CG3/Rockaway PG13 for Language by Mark Lichterman
Feeling lost, Mitchell stood within the hustling crowd in the cavernous edifice of ‘Grand Central Station’ for a full minute then, taking the mimeographed directions from the manila envelope. Studying them, he caught a south-bound subway, got off at ‘Canal’ where he transferred to an east-bound subw..
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CGC Halfmoon: Streamers by Mark Lichterman
Standing on the port side of the lookout bridge, he tried to find a place where there was even minimal protection from wind and water, but the pitching ship offered no concealment.
(A "Becoming" Excerpt)..
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Ch.5, Pt. 2, Journey from Shanghai by Lucille Bellucci
Excerpt from prize-winning novel, Journey from Shanghai...
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Changes Forever/Susan 4 by Mark Lichterman
May 29, 1952: Having confidence that he would pass the R.I.T. entrance exam, on Thursday, the twenty-ninth of May, hating the lie, telling Susan that was going for a required orientation and to find living quarters, Mitchell boarded a train in Union Station bound for Rochester, New York.
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Chapter 1: Darkness Descending by Bethann Korsmit
Chapter One of my novel, Darkness Descending...
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Chapter 8 of Final Paradox, the second in The Osgoode Trilogy by Mary Martin
IN this chapter, you find a bit about the fraud surrounding the ELixicorp shares--a story which runs through this book and the third, A Trial of One. This seems like a good place to stop. I don't want to give too much away!
I hope you're intrigued enough to order the book and see what happens ne..
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Chapter Two Homeward Bound by Jack Daley
The first dozen or so pages from Chapter Two Homeward Bound where the main characters hang out at the Employment office in Shelby Montana looking for a job on a wheat ranch...
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Charley by William Neven
As a man watches his son die, a neighbor adds to his anguish while a storm nears...
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Charlie and the African Queen by Alan Strunk
Summer is over. Charlie finds himself landlocked, away from the sea. Will he overcome his personal case of the doldrums?..
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Charlie and the Derelict by Alan Strunk
Charlie rescues a derelict adrift on the sea of life: ..
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Charlie Joins the Navy Part 1 by Alan Strunk
Charlie travels to San Diego for a Sea Explorer Jamboree aboard a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier..
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Cheryl's Lunch Hour by Linda Gould
Cheryl, a Federal government secretary, spends many of her lunch hours traveling back and forth between her office and a small theatre where her sister Rosie, an aspiring dancer, is rehearsing an experimental play. Is Cheryl's role as her sister's mentor satisfying enough, or does she want somethi..
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Chili Again by Joyce Tres
What happens when a writer is one thousand words from finishing a best seller and the computer eats it?..
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Christmas 1955 by Mark Lichterman
In the reach of her wondrous dream, sensing Mitchell’s body closely against her, Marsha moves her hips, arching herself, nestling her buttocks into the warm forming contour of his stomach and thighs...
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Christmas Eve, 1952 by Mark Lichterman
On his third visit to the U.S.O., when the record player began a slow one, without asking, she had taken him by the hand, pulled him to his feet and onto the floor and… What could he do—be rude?..
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Christmas Eve, 1955 by Mark Lichterman
“We’ll take the ferry to Staten Island… Come on!” Going to the table, taking the pen from her hand, bodily pulling her to her feet. “You can’t go aboard, but I’ll show you Halfmoon, then maybe we’ll head back to Manhattan, grab a bite to eat and see if there’s another play we can catch, or see a ..
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Christmas in Evanston Pt 1 by Mark Lichterman
Standing in front of a Marshall Field window, Myra, Walter and Mitchell watched an animated display depicting Santa on his sleigh snapping a whip above the heads of his troop of reindeer led by the newly born Rudolph, thanks to Gene Autry’s recently popular recording of “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reinde..
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Christmas In Evanston2 by Mark Lichterman
Quite often distance will help people appear to look prettier or handsomer, but upon coming closer the illusion frequently changes; blemishes and facial lines appear, eyes become shadowed and light-colored hair will sometimes show roots of black…
Part two (captioned in red) follows part one..
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Christmas in Evanston3 by Mark Lichterman
5:20… Oh, come on, already! 5:28… 5:35… Shit, what’s twenty-five lousy minutes? His hand shaking, he dialed: S-H-3-5-7-5-8. The phone rang once… twice… and ri… into the third ring.
Part 3 High-lighted in red follows part 2
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Christmas Mexicana by Jerelyn Craden
Christmas magic on the oldest street in L.A...
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Circus by Mark Lichterman
A dozen lights dancing across the three sawdust-covered rings; the parade began.
Lions and tigers growled as their trainers walked alongside the rolling cages snapping their whips in the dust. Acrobats on elephants. Clowns tumbled and fell. Beautiful women in glimmering, scanty costum..
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Civilian Life Begins by Mark Lichterman
“I’m ‘sure’ he was, mother!” Hesitating, the purposely hurtful words came anyway. “I saw you, too! And if you didn’t look like a whore, he wouldn’t have been looking at you.” Twisting the knife, “After all, mother, you’ve a son older than him.”..
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Clarisse and Her Boy Charlie by Jerelyn Craden
An experiment of punctuation and form.
Would love your feedback on this. I had a ball writing it...
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Coats Old and New by Elaine Carey
I've worn an odd collection of coats, sweaters, and jackets through the years. They absorb their wearer's aura, the flavors of seasons and events, and comfort in the chilly storms...
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Coincidence? I Think Not! by Eva Pasco
A subtle reminder through wrapping paper.....
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COLD DEAD LOVE by Jerelyn Craden
A freak accident and a loved one who wants to know why?..
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Coming Home by Richelle Putnam
Coming Home has won several writing awards. Hope you enjoy...
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Coming of Hippolyta by Laurel Lamperd
Fantasy - an unexpected visitor changes Madge's life...
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Compassion Zone Putas by David Arthur Walters
Putas are exchanged in Downtown Kansas City..
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