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The One-Year Suicide
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Give it time, they said...
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All the New Gods
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Polides rules the new world, and the path to the old gods is closed. But by whom?
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Antagonistic Socks
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Some things are imperative to get both feet in the game
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The Bunchy Underwear Incident
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Cal had one job
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The Finer Socks in Life
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Ian's father dreamed of making it big; Ian just dreamed of making it out. That was then...
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Homefires (If You Ever Lived In Hell)
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Who goes out is rarely who comes back
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I Forgot to Turn Off the Rocks
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Some things get forgotten; others can never be forgiven
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I Shouldn't Have Skipped the Snowshoes
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Pages of wisdom from a woman of adventure
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Night Terror
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Attacks after dark can make men and monsters the same.
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The Journey Through Wealth, Part 1
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Keeping an eye the way we all live
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The Lazy Hate
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Some things never change because it's just easier to leave them alone
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POETRY
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Live From the Capitol
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Boiled down, the press release was this...
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The Long Caravan
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A journey of one step can last a thousand years...
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The Long Hall - Chapter 1
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Two young girls whistle up the wind
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The Long Payoff
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A girl grimly takes care of her father as he once did for her.
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Love With Sharp Edges
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Hearts learn to hate when love forgets how to tolerate
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Man About Town
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Even when you anticipate the worst, you can still be surprised.
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Observations
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Watching is an art and a science
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One of Many Mutants
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Different is wonderful. Is there enough to save us all?
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An Ordinary Everyday Urban Vignette
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Romance and reality spar on a summer street.
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Power Struggle
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An intense disturbance changes a young man's life forever...
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A Real-Life Fairytale
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Animal
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A young vet learns something never taught in school
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Religion a la Carte
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A woman trades worlds without reckoning the cost (CAUTION: May Contain Triggering Content)
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Ruff Rider
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Journalism is going to the dogs.
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A Sudden Love
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One man knows the REAL meaning of commitment...
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Turn the Page
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Writing
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Have a care getting lost in your favorite book...
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We All Fall Down
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The last few notes from a late-night dirge
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We're Not On the Way to Anywhere
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Local cops find a crime scene that defies explanation
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What Little Girls Are Made Of
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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
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Wisdom Does Not Become You
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If at first we don't succeed, we never seem to learn
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The Ultimate Condition
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We all suffer from the same thing: humanity
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Theatrically Sporadic
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How many times can the prodigal son return?
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Too Many Tiaras
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A crown of sharpened aspirations to pierce the mind itself
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The Travelling Man: Chapter 1
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"The Know." The Man. The case.
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Tree of Life - Book 1
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Other
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Chapter 1: Faces and Thorns
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The Triumph of Mediocrity
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Family
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A man has fallen into place and become happily wedged there
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Unaccounted For
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A lover's quarrel turns into a woman's fight for her santiy
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Night Terror
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Terror is not constrained by the clock on the wall
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It's Never Too Early to Fail
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War
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"Intel" is a double-edged sword
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FICTION
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A Face for Murder
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Things aren't always what they appear
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The New Place
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The first night alone in a new house can be more than a little scary
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The Rise of Boulden Shade
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Sci-fi
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One being's pleas before a council of his peers to take up the mantle of salvation
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Blurred Lines
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A young man is forced to face what he's taught vs what he's experienced
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