Here’s an excerpt from the story published in Bacopa Literary Review – you can buy the anthology on Amazon

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Here's the link: https://www.amazon.com/Bacopa-Literary-Writers-Alliance-Gainesville/dp/B0BN43KD49/ref=sr_1_7?k The Messenger My cousin Charlie and I stand six feet apart in my living room. I imagine he has already calculated the prescribed distance before he even stepped over the threshold. He hasn’t changed. Not since I saw him ten years ago when he came to my wedding and wore what seemed to ...

THE SHAPE OF NORMAL

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The Acceptance Letter from Vine Leaves Press Dear Cathy,Oh my goodness, we would love to publish this! Please note that our next available launch date isn't until November of 2023. We hope this isn't a problem.If you are happy with our terms, ....We're very excited about this book!

I love Social Media

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This is a link to my friend's blog. She wrote about me and Jessica. HER daughter's name is also Jessica. The rest of the story is kind of intriguing. It almost sounds made up. It's not. https://vickierubin.com/2021/10/02/acceptance/

The Journey Began Here

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Me when I was in First Grade The television set was first introduced into homes in the '50s. Every day, someone on our block was getting their brand new TV delivered. I can still see the delivery men carrying the monster box into our house and setting up the new black and white ...

The Lie

I lift the faded black and white class photo out of the box and turn it over. There's a date on the bottom: 1958. The girl with the headband and ringlets, sitting in the third row of desks, is my best friend, Lori. Everyone used to say she looked exactly like the Shirley Temple doll, ...