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Candy Corona clenches her gut and clamps her lips as a droplet of saliva, caught between a breath and a

The Big Dumb Narcissist from Rockford, Michigan sizes up all the little wrongs to make right. He seizes upon a

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“Those who make antithesis by forcing words are like those who make false windows for symmetry. Their rule is not

An old man, stooped and tottering through the snow. He holds his collar close. Stars twine his eyes and sicken

The following is a collection of snippets culled from a journal that remained unclaimed at a public library for many

“Did it seem like that the car that just passed did so with a sort of purposeless intent just to

Ralph received a C- from his 12th grade English teacher, Mr. Pinstikler, for ignoring Pinstikler’s warning to avoid using anecdotes

Chapter 4 Alone and Bleeding Pete Chandala American Success Story or Scene two Act two by RJHoffman In chapter three,

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Dietrich’s Adventures in Dentistry by RJHoffman I got an email reminder today from a dentist I saw six years ago