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Father's Photo by Roxanne Smolen
Childhood memories shape the adult...
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Feeling Backward by Jerelyn Craden
A quiet revelation in a small town car wash...
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Filling In the Blanks In Blank's Apartment by anne cunningham
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Final Paradox by Mary E, Martin by Mary Martin
You've heard of corruption in high places? Of course, haven't we all. Here's a scene from Final Paradox, the second in the Osgoode Trilogy. Acting for his elderly client, Norma Dinnick, Harry Jenkins has applied to court for the return of shares alledgedly taken by Archie Brinks. Mr. Justice has tak..
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Final Paradox, a fraud upon a fraud Mary E. Martin by Mary Martin
Norma Dinnick, one of Harrys elderly clients, teeters between lucidity and madness. What is real? In this passage from Final Paradox, Norma recollects how the fraud began so many years ago and how George Pappas is still demanding the money. ..
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Finding a Happy Place by Michelle Mills
Happiness is closer than you think.....
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Finding Home by Mark Lichterman
About three miles southeast of Skokie, Winchester Street would put them almost squarely between both sets of in-laws—If they liked the apartment. If it was still available and ‘if’ the owner would rent it to a couple with a three month old baby...
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Fires of Social Chanage! by Julius Thompson
A Brownstone in Brooklyn chronicles the life-altering events that shape the future of Andy Michael Pilgrim, a young man growing up in the turbulent sixties...
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Fireworks: July 4 1958 by Mark Lichterman
Whereas true love is between two assenting people, physical or otherwise, it is truly a matter of what one might give rather than what one might receive
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First Day 2: Pennies by Mark Lichterman
“It’s my bank. For years, whenever I had pennies I threw them in, and I’d take daddy’s whenever he had some. When I was packing yesterday, I didn’t know what to do with them, so I figured we might as well take ’em with us, and they’ll be the start of our saving account.”
Getting the A&P bag..
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First Day: Awake by Mark Lichterman
Careful, sexual situation here.
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“I love you, Mitchie.”
In the eyes of the law, and…
In the eyes of God…
On this night Marsha and Mitchell slept in each other’s arms.
And so began the...
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Five Years by Ken Goldstein
"You need to leave your mind alone."
"Excuse me?" I asked, looking up from the scattered paperwork spread over my desk at the troll-like, elderly man in front of me. I realized that I'd been daydreaming, pushing papers around but not really seeing any of them.
"You need to leave yo..
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Flash Fiction: Death of the Dauphin by Alphonse Daudet presented by Eileen Granfors
This is one of the earliest examples of flash fiction, a story of fewer than 1000 words. This one has 539 and really packs a punch. All those people fighting for money and power. . .a great story to discuss with the kids (9+) I have included it in a section of famous short stories in my new antholo..
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Flashes of Blue by andrea peters
Living life through a child's eyes...
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For A Cup'a'joe 2 by Mark Lichterman
“You do know they liked him! The cops really liked daddy and they always told him: ‘Eli, don’t threaten those bastards! Just kill ’em, then give us a call and we’ll send a wagon and cart ’em away with no questions asked.’”
Note: My apology for the use of a certain word. M.L...
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For a cup’a’joe by Mark Lichterman
Being a good humored, generous man he had done it on hundreds of occasions and normally would have poured coffee into a takeout cup, handed it through the gate and given it to the bum.
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Forced March (PG for Language by Mark Lichterman
Four hundred feet lifting in near perfect unison. The fifty men of the third platoon, wearing full field packs, marched from their barracks… “ ‘Hup-two-three-four! Hup-two-three-four’!” With Master Sargent Rafael Martinez counting cadence. “Hup-two-three-four!” As did master sergeants Zeke Potter fo..
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 Forgiven by Gracie McKeever
A grief stricken and suicidal cop, still recovering from the untimely death of his own wife, finally comes to terms with his loss and fresh guilt when he confronts the bereaving mother of a young boy he has killed...
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Fornication: 'R' for sexual content by Mark Lichterman
However still having a ‘diminishing’ modicum of fear. Remembering how easily it had ‘always’ been to cause Wayne to ejaculate— quite often almost immediately— rationalizing, If I make him come, he’ll stop! Elsa also thought, Then I won’t have to make the—impossible—decision to stop. ..
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FOUR BLUE BOTTLES © 2017 Joe Vojt by Joe Vojt
Dust and the human environment add to its surface but everyone knows the color has not changed. Each shape reflects what it represents; all have designs of their own merit...
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 FOX NEWS & RIGHT WING BIGOTS by Chris Belec-Joanet-Joannette
Note: This is an excerpt of the original message of the merging of two women’s organizations in Chicago, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri. This is what prompted me to write this commentary.
Here is some news involving Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT) and Missouri Women in Trades (MOWIT).
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Freshies / Fukawees by Mark Lichterman
She was an older woman, sixteen and a sophomore and, outside of living next door for years and knowing that he was that annoying kid that always looked down her blouse when they played baseball, Phyllis didn’t know Mitchell was alive. Or, if she did, she could not care less...
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From Bushwick High (Brooklyn) to National Award Winning Author! by Julius J.E. Thompson
One Writer's Journey to Writing Success!..
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Fukawees 2: Babble by Mark Lichterman
“I gotta a big ass, huh?” Closing her meaty fist around the five-dollar roll of quarters that was to pay for the two large slabs of baby-back ribs, French fries and baked beans, “Oy gib kumush!” she said, meaning, “You big schmuck!” as she whacked him on the side of the head.
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Fukawees 4: Working by Mark Lichterman
A bit of flying grit stinging his eye, rubbing it with the knuckle of one hand as, “Hey! Men’s clothing here!” clasped in the other hand was a pair of blue gabardine trousers that he waved above his head as if a proudly held flag. “Hey! Men’s clothing here!” ..
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Fukawees 5: Summertime by Mark Lichterman
In daylight, without glasses, Norman’s eyes were a striking light gray, and in just the two days he’d been in it, the sun had bleached his hair from dark blonde to a kind of streaky platinum...
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Fukawees 6: A Girl by Mark Lichterman
Walking on the land side of the Old Highway, the raucous sounds of the Palladium soon faded and the only sounds the four heard were those of their gravely footsteps, each others voices, and the steady hum of cicadas. Every now and then the headlights of an approaching car would waver in the distance..
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Fukawees 7: Bottles by Mark Lichterman
Looking up, Mitchell watched as a pretty, dark-complected girl wearing a tight-fitting, pink angora sweater, and carrying a lunch tray came abreast of the table. Catching, the girl’s and Mitchell’s eyes held until she passed.
Facing the opposite direction, Norman watched the movement of t..
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Fukawees: Next Phase 1 by Mark Lichterman
Shrugging his shoulders, opening the matchbook, Mitchell read aloud: “Summer vacation with pay. Earn while you learn. Be a man. Join your peacetime National Guard.” Closing the matchbook, “So?” he handed it back to Norman.
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Furlough 3: Red Light by Mark Lichterman
3/20 to 4/2/54:Furlough 3; Red Light
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The guy, my pal, he tol’ me to go ’round the back so’s the neighbors won’t notice if there’s a few guys comin’n’goin’. He’s on the second floor an’ said we’ll spot his place ’cause he’ll have a red light burnin’ ..
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Furlough/1954 by Mark Lichterman
Banking westerly, the mid-morning sun, moving from port to starboard reflected off the millions of windows of the skyscrapers of New York City.
This being the first time he’d flown; excited, terrified, sweat prickling his scalp he wiped his sweating palms on the knees of his dress-blues...
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Gardening Without Gloves (Short Story) by Roger Memmott
"Gardening Without Gloves" is one of 12 stories included in the collection GARDENING WITHOUT GLOVES. If marriage, to be successful, is simply a matter of forgiveness, then the commitment to love should be greater and is more important than love itself. A confusing realization for two divorcees who l..
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George Floyd: Momma I Can't Breathe by Adele Gill
Like with Covid-19, we need to work together to find a cure for the scourge of racism. It is not just up to the people affected by it to affect change. We need to dialog and check our own hearts for any hint of discrimination, because this battle is won one soul at a time. ..
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Geriatric Romance 1&2 by Mark Lichterman
Nadine? Nadine is one of those older women that maintains the shadow of her youthful beauty while her elder beauty, at least to me, shines through the wrinkles on her face and the thickening of her body as one that, easily to see, Nadine was a raving beauty in her earlier years.
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Getting a Fresh Start by Adele Gill
For when you start fresh with Jesus, you are a new creation in Him...
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Ghost at the Wheel by Nickolaus Pacione
we all gathered in oceans of silence.....
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Gifts #1 by S Cardin
This short is about a family and the Gifts they plan on giving and recieving at Christmas time. Part 1 is told by "Tyler".
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Gifts #3 by S Cardin
Eight-year-old Terri Masterson has a secret.....
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Gifts #4 by S Cardin
The oldest Masterson boy, Trevor, goes out on a date with his girlfriend, Amy. ..
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Gifts #5 by S Cardin
Hope Masterson gets so caught up with work she almost forgets Christmas...
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Gifts #6 by S Cardin
Cameron and Katrina share Christmas with their children, giving them a special gift...
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Gilded Prisons (Chapter One) by Linda Gould
The kidnapping of a Major League ballplayer turns out to have long-range and enduring consequences, not only for the player and his family, but for the world. ..
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Girl With Green Teeth: 6 of 6; Caution,R Rated ual scenes. by Mark Lichterman
When we’re alone I kiss her an’ she kisses me an’ before you know it my hand’s under her blouse an’ I’m touching her an’ her hand’s in my pants touchin’ me, an’ we can’t seem to stop.” Taking a deep breath, Frank smiled. “An’ that ain’t all! You Jews think you got it tough? Lisa’n’me, we gotta go to..
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Girl With Green Teeth: 1 of 6; Caution, Language by Mark Lichterman
As the streetcar traveled south he was surprised at the change and deterioration of each following neighborhood. Well-maintained apartment buildings changed to hulking, dirty tenements. Once thriving neighborhood storefront businesses give way to dirty, steel-barred storefront windows and doors. Whi..
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Girl With Green Teeth: 2 of 6, Caution, Language by Mark Lichterman
“Mitch,” kneeling in front of him, “God, Mitchie!” Frank put his hand on his shoulder, “I’m sorry! So sorry this happened! Those pricks!” His eyes moistened. “It’s my fault! Goddamn it! I shouldn’t’a left ya alone! I should’a known somethin’ like this would happen in this neighborhood. Shit!”
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Girl With Green Teeth: 3 of 6; Caution, Language by Mark Lichterman
“Yeah, no shit! Ya know, if they know you’re a J… uh, Jewish, you’re gonna be a target for all the guys in the neighborhood, an’ I can’t fight ’em all off, so while you’re here, what if I call you, uh… Mario. You bein’ so dark an’ all you could easily pass for a wop, an’ if I introduce ya as my paes..
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Girl With Green Teeth: 4 of 6; Caution, Sex and Language by Mark Lichterman
But… the swaying motion of her hips sliding the coarser material of her skirt minutely back and forth over her rayon slip, feeling Gina’s skirt slithering beneath the palm of his hand, what else could he do… but let his left hand drop onto her outer thigh. So now he had one hand on the outside of he..
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Girl With Green Teeth: 5 of 6 Caution R Rated by Mark Lichterman
Mitchell felt the warmth of Gina’s completely nude body against his completely nude body and, once again, “now” was so totally surreal that he had to remind himself, I’m really here! Now! Naked, with a girl! A real live naked girl!..
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Girls Got Nothin' 2 by Mark Lichterman
“You think I got an ugly pisser?” Frank couldn’t believe he’d say this. “You’re the guy with the ugly pisser! Don’t you know Jewish guys always get the ends of their pissers whacked off when they’re babies?” He’d heard some of the older guys on the street talking about this once, too. “My pisser’s j..
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Girls got nothin' 3: Guttural Explanation by Mark Lichterman
Her back to the room again, “Class dismissed!” she repeated as, wiping the blackboard with an eraser in one hand, Eunice Stoldig wiped her moist forehead with the tails of her neckerchief with the other.
Rising hesitantly, the boys file out of the room.
“See,” Frank said, “like I tol..
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