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• She Changed

  by Demosthenes about 1 month ago

  “Should I call you Bones, then?” I ask cautiously. He grunts, and I take it as an affirmative. “So, Bones… who is Jill? And…

• This Side of the Hudson

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 7 months ago

  We ran out of gas ten miles from town. “Great. This is just peachy. We’re on the run from cops, and you didn’t have enough se…

• Evidence

  by Demosthenes about 1 month ago

• Children, Forever [Nostalgia Challenge]

  by OrangeOreos 4 months ago

  I smiled as I watched the children play on the slides, jungle gyms, and swings. My face was joyful when I heard their shrieks…

• This Side of the Hudson: Stormy and Red

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 6 months ago

  We made our way down the dark damp tunnel, trunk in tow.
  “Joey,” JJ wimpered, “I think I felt a spider.”
  “Forget the stupid s…

• Dennis Yunker and His Senior Moment

  by THX 0477 7 months ago

  Before Cole could hiss forth a slyly soothing explanation, a rickety truck tore into the drive adding a fresh coat of headlig…

• If You Get In a Car Crash, Save Your Dad the Trouble of Killing You

  by Stovohobo 7 months ago

  _Dad had finally let me drive! I was at least two years past the legal age; I’d been watching all my friends speed by for tha…

• Flux Gramps and Old Sue

  by THX 0477 7 months ago

  There she is, Dennis thought, then came the chaser of pain and loss, There she was. Tired eyes blinked in the Southern af…

• Gramps and His Memory

  by THX 0477 8 months ago

  “Freshen that up for ya, Dennis?” The waitress was loud, too loud for mid-afternoon. Dennis sighed when he realized he was ol…