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Holly followed Linda into the basement, having to see this for herself. At first, she had thought her friend was having her on when she said it was a s…
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“Come on, Em, share!” Emily laughed as she painted jam on her last quarter of toast, then waved it in front of Denny’s face before cramming the whole p…
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Inge tapped her foot on the floor, her mood fluctuating between anger and anxiety. Why was Avery bringing some random boxer into their home? Was she go…
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Len and Nora loved bridges. They had met under one during a rainstorm. They had visited hundreds of bridges together since then. Len stood alone on the…
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As the day grows long, and our shadows with it, we continue our trek along the ocean’s edge. How long have we been walking? It feels like years. We sta…
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She came upon it at the edge of the lake, hidden by an old willow. She would have missed it, had she not tripped over a large root and somehow landed f…
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“Perseverance,” Al started, cradling his stitched-up hand against his chest. “Pays off in the end,” Dean finished, knowing this talk by heart. “Cutting…
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Richenda had always hated New York. After college, she had moved away, never returning until today, for her mother’s funeral. She wandered Manhattan, t…
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“Back in my day,” Bjorn said, “this would never have happened.” He missed the old days when things were simpler. He had understood the rules back then.…
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A Jill Hess story
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Nan, a new journalism grad, couldn’t wait to start using her new—actually old—desk. She unlocked the top drawer with the key the antique dealer had dug…
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Darla couldn’t remember ever having been this embarrassed. Who had photoshopped her head onto the sexy pinup and posted it? Her embarrassment vanished …
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