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Stories tagged with "medicine"

  • Case Closed Inspired by text

    “And with that, I hereby give custody of Alex Faulkner to Amanda Faulkner. Case closed.”

    That feeling – it’s back. The feeli…

  • The Orphans Did Not Inspired by text

    That day the group that Oliver was in were jostled out to sample some antibiotic spray. The scientists first found kids that …

  • Keeping the Peace? What Peace? Inspired by text

    The medic slowly turns with tears in his eyes and takes the little boys’ hands in his. He can’t speak Arabic either, but I th…

  • Shokran Gazillan Inspired by text

    We call back for the medic, who comes running. He cuts off the younger boy’s pant leg and tells us to hold him down so he doe…

  • The Late Late Night at Lake Derry Inspired by text

    The note was identical to the previous one, written on the back of a hardware store receipt:

    “Lake Derry need a doctor.
    _S…

  • No Lid-Proof Child Inspired by text

    And then my four-year-old son toddles in from the next room, plucks the bottle out of my hands, and deftly twists the lid off…

  • The Lid Inspired by a link

    I can’t get the lid off. I can’t get the lid off. I can’t get the lid off. I need what’s inside. My head is going to explod…