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Her soft sobs, muffled by a handful of handkerchiefs, only amplified the emptiness of the house. Sharpened the cold edges of silence. He needed to be outside to keep his hands and mind busy. He needed to cover her sobs with the...
Read MoreDaddy and the man stood by the man’s rusty black pick-up truck at the edge of the driveway. Mama sat in our car while my sister and I sat in the sandy driveway and clung to the spotted dog. Both men looked down at the dog and...
Read MoreI am a daredevil, I have always been a daredevil, when someone tells me not to do something I do the exact opposite. When I was little I was the kid who said “Bloody Mary” 3 times in the bathroom mirror. The one who...
Read MoreSunday was the only day that Tommy Lee had legs. Every other day of the week he had a faded red 1979 Cutlass Supreme coupe, that somebody had outfitted with levers attached to the pedals, so he could drive himself around....
Read MoreMalachi thought of his father as a mountain – cavernous and comforting – especially when his father echoed those deep church songs like “No Hiding Place Down Here” or “I Shall Not Be Moved.” It was only when his father...
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