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Material World by nina bee
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Mayhem Never Wins by Adele Gill
John 16:33
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
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Meatloaf by Mark Lichterman
“Wow,” Loading the last of the bags into the back seat because the trunk was full, “that sure cost some dough!”
“Sorry, Mitch, but when you don’t have anything, you need everything.”
“Yeah, I know. It’s not your fault things cost so much. But, Jesus, almost fifty bucks!”
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Meatloaf Two by Mark Lichterman
Now, in a round-about way, the bare beginning of the ‘I know you better than you know yourself’ myth was perpetuated on yet another unsuspecting novice husband when, “Oh, I knew you couldn’t stay away from me very long,” she said, “and that you’d be upstairs any minute, starving.”
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Media Takes Notice of Kids Needing Business Skills by Jennifer Bouani
How excited I was to see USA Today columnist and author of Grindhopping: Build a Rewarding Career without Paying Your Dues, Laura Vanderkam embracing the concept of KIDS learning entrepreneurship. In Tuesday’s article (Feb 6th) titled “Get a Job? No, make a job”, she says to prepare our children for..
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Meeting at The Crossroads - an excerpt from 'Over The Wall' by Trisha FitzGerald-Petri
"Over The Wall" will be available from www.wings-press.com from October 2007..
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Memorial Day, 1958 by Mark Lichterman
“Sandy, first of all ‘Marsha’ started this and ‘she’s’ going to have to make the first move! Besides, I don’t know where their place in Lakeside is and I don’t have any intention of calling her family to find out because I don’t think they’d tell me. Also, I don’t want her thinking I’m ‘all’ that in..
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Memories © 2016 Joe Vojt by Joe Vojt
Years pass and you still miss what was once taken for granted, because loving memories never leave your heart. Straying into the dream world is a signal from beyond begins to flashback into your heart. Deep inside you know the answer, sooner or later we all partake in this lasting ritual.
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Mental Giants by Tom poesyco.th@gmail.com
As William Shakespear's character Puck so aptly put it:
"What Fools these Mortals be!"
Also, an old adage comes to mind:
"If it ain't broke - don't fix it!"
Read on MacDuff.........
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Mind Traveller by Kim Smith
What happens when our mind wanders.....
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Miracles Abound! by Adele Gill
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7..
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Misguidance by Nickolaus Pacione
finally a new story available, read on for details where it can be found. On AuthorsDen: The notes for the story so readers don't get too confused on why the story was written...
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Missing John F Kennedy by Mark Lichterman
The two were as a young married couple totally in love with one another and with the addition of their Michael, the circle of their loving family was complete...
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 Mistaken Impression (Short Fiction) by Dennis Kafalas
A young woman struggles to overcome a mistake from her past...
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Mister Leonard by Mark Lichterman
Thinking of Mitchell’s children… and her commitment to possibly eighteen years of ‘support’— which though she’d said it, she’d felt compelled to say it and the words now feeling as a chunks of lead in the pit of her stomach...
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Mitchell & Retrospective 3 by Mark Lichterman
Opening her eyes, closing them, “Oh.” Opening them again, “Hi, sailor. You ready to shove off?”
“Yeah, I guess so.” Knowing he would not be home on this night, ‘always’ hating to leave in the morning. “See you tomorrow, huh?” Lowering his head—smelling the slightest hint of her perfume, Whi..
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Mitchell 2/Boy Talk 1 by Mark Lichterman
A distant, fuzzy thought came to mind. Trying to pull it into focus, Mitchell closed his eyes… Remembering, “I saw a naked lady once.”..
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Mitchell 3/Boy Talk 2 by Mark Lichterman
What do I do now? I am a teacher, after all. And this is a legitimate question! Why shouldn’t they know the difference in their god-given bodies?..
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Mitchell 4/Boy Talk 3 by Mark Lichterman
Seizing Frank by the shirt, Skorupski pulled him to within an inch of his face. “Ya smart- ass dago, son-of’a…” Grabbing hold of the younger boy’s hand, “…bitch!” Skorupski’s voice rose two octaves because, hanging loosely within his boxer shorts, making them easy to grab. “ ‘Ey, Frankie, le’go my ..
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Mitchell 5/ Boy Talk 4 by Mark Lichterman
Mitchell stared at Skorupski’s penis because with each downward stroke of his hand the glans popped out of the foreskin reminding him… of the twitching nose of a rabbit...
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Mitchell 6/ Boy Talk 5 by Mark Lichterman
For the price of a quarter for admission and a quarter for candy and popcorn, parents felt that the movies were, indeed, a baby-sitting value beyond comparison, giving them ‘at least’ three hours of peace and quiet and, “So, nu, you maybe want to stay a second time? So, okay! So stay a second time.”..
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Mitchell 7/Joy of Sex by Mark Lichterman
“First off,” lighting a cigarette, “it’s God’s way of creating life and making sure that there’s always people here, and also, because God made it feel so nice, people always want to do it.”..
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Mixed Blood by Mark Lichterman
Marsha’s eyes widening. “Uh...” her mouth opening. Swallowing nervously Marsha shot a glance at her husband, then attempting to regain some semblance of composure, held her hand forward to the tall and—by any standard—beautiful Negro girl standing alongside her husband’s new ‘interesting Jewish frie..
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Modern Civilization © 2015 by Joe Vojt
You wondered how any organization today could be effective and continue to survive in this modern life of industrial competence. The average worker was satisfied to be earning on the lower scale. No work in this community would be a real concern. So within the framework of our advanced society some ..
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Mother by Diana Legun
Mothers: friend, enemy, playmate, prison guard, naysayer, truth-teller, judge, jury, executioner, witness, angel, teacher, healer...
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Motivation Matters by Adele Gill
In actuality, if we so choose, we can be God’s hands and feet on earth rather than doing random acts of kindness. Difficult as it may seem at times, God depends on us to put aside all self-serving motivation(s), and lovingly reach out to ALL people to gently lead them to Him through our compassion a..
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Mountain Man by Lucille Bellucci
Siblings!..
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Music On High © 2017 Joe Vojt by Joe Vojt
Youth of today labored with the love of yesterday in order to pay tribute and honor a genius from their past...
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My Boy by Jerelyn Craden
Living fiction...
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My Daughter - The Drunk by Harold Hester
Title is self explanatory. Story is fact based..
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My Eternal Love by Pamela Faye
Pamela Faye's latest story is now unfolding from the hushing sigh of rolling waves that carry whispers from the sea. My Eternal Love is the voice that forever calls the sailor to the sea, it is the heart that understands a sailor must be free to ride, forever changing winds of time. ..
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My Father's Trunk by Beryl McMullen
A few months after my father's death mom and I opened his trunk ..
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Mystical Beauty in Hues of Blue by J Howard
Enjoy a fun story where the lines between reality and myth become a bit blurred. (170-03/30)..
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Nadine 2: Geriatic Romance by Mark Lichterman
Oh, yes, I did know the basics, but I was at a complete loss as to how to go about what I was supposed to do with this lady that up until about ten minutes ago was my customer... A lovely customer that I had fantasized over, but still, only a customer nonetheless.
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Nadine 2: Geriatric Romance by Mark Lichterman
Following Nadine my mind was shifting from, do we get undressed? Do I treat Nadine like...? Frankly I couldn’t remember the last time I was being led by the hand to a lady’s bedroom. ..
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Nadine:Geriatric Romance 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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Nadine1:Geriatric Romance by Mark Lichterman
Her eyes on me again, my eyes meeting her eyes, “I miss a man,” she said emotively, “I miss being held by a man and the feeling of a man’s body next to me, and....” Her eyes shifting away, looking onto her lap, onto our three hands, then up again, into my eyes, “Maybe I’m being forward, ..
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Nature at Work © 2015 by Joe Vojt
Even though the rain and dark clouds created a snails pace for the home bound traffic, the ride after a long Friday was still a pleasure. Very few cars for some reason were on the roads...
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Never Alone by Jennifer Holly MacDonald
Short Story..
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Never say Oops by Harold Hester
This is a must-read if you have teeth, vote Democratic, Republican or Independent, have a few patriotic bones and a couple minutes to reflect, grin, wonder and grimace all the while your mind is telling you about decisions made and not-made. You really need to read and reflect on how this short sto..
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New Phase 1: Milt by Mark Lichterman
This structure, quite possibly a ‘move on’ of one of the thousands of houses removed by ‘Eminent Domain’ at the then proposed site of Los Angeles International Airport making it at least seventy years old...
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New Phase 10: Milt & Mitch by Mark Lichterman
Nothing fancy, you understand. Nothing you need a ‘how to’ diagram or a book to say, and most certainly not a ‘where there’s a will there’s a way, kind of way...
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New Phase 9: The Second Half. (R Rated) by Mark Lichterman
As for me, when I drop my ass onto my chair and put my fingers onto the keyboard, sometimes… hell, more often than not I forget the time and can sit for hours – or so long as my bladder allows, and at my age, sometimes that isn’t too long...
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Next Phase #2: Father&Son by Mark Lichterman
Not fully realizing what the National Guard was since the end of the war, somehow thinking of it as a grown-up extension of the Boy Scouts, “Walter,” Myra said, “Mitchell has joined the National Guard.”..
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Next Phase #3: Martinez by Mark Lichterman
CAREFUL, SOME ROUGH LANGUAGE HERE
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“You know,” Martinez said, “it’s really tough shit when my two best men are a couple’a Jews.” Taking a deep drag on the Lucky, he exhaled through his nostrils.
Fascinated, Mitchell watched the sergeant’s nose h..
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Next Phase #4: Korea by Mark Lichterman
Careful! Lots of very coarse laungage here
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The broiling sun shone in a cloudless sky. Countless swarms of gnats circled in mindless formations and the oppressive, mid-afternoon air fairly steamed with humidity and seemed to be alive with the urge..
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Next Phase #5: Taps by Mark Lichterman
Careful, some coarse language here.
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Looking beyond the long rows of stainless steel steam tables, Mitchell saw a half-dozen men sweating over the scouring of huge pots and pans and the mopping of the linoleum-covered floor. Must be regulars, he stupidly t..
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Next Phase #6: Skorupski by Mark Lichterman
Careful, very coarse language here!
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“Yeah, sure.” Going to the sink, Norman took a tray, went to the steam table and fitted it into the opening that Skorupski was pointing to, but the boiling water moved the buoyant tray off the retaining lips and turne..
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Next Phase #7: Popping by Mark Lichterman
Caution! A bit of coarse laungage here
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“Don’t know, Normie. Every time I do this…” leaning closer, he flexed first the right… pop… then… pop… his left wrist and his bones made a popping sound. “Maybe it’s because of the way I’ve been holdin’ the peeler’..
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Next Phase #8: Sound-Off by Mark Lichterman
Careful! Very coarse language here
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“You look like a bunch’a goddamn
pussies!” Walking the double column from end to end, Martinez looked at each man individually. “Okay, do it right this time! Right shoulder, arms!”..
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