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  • Variations on a Hospital Bed

    Thomas sat down at the antiquated wooden desk. His father blew the dust off the attic-smell ridden piece, and joyfully handed the family heirloom to Thomas the day he started ...

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  • Good People

    I had overheard them talking, and on several occasions caught my mother crying in her room. I never knew quite how to address it, so I didn’t, and often retreated ...

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That, sir, is the most frightening battlefield in the world: the blank page.
— Larry McMurtry, Comanche Moon