The Hostel
The Hostel. We had been in Managua for two weeks interviewing the leaders of the revolutionary party, the Sandinistas, and other...
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Jan 31, 20224 min read
The Luncheon
Short Story. The Luncheon. It felt good to be back home. I had not visited Ryan in more than a year. He had just retired as a physical...
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Jan 21, 20225 min read
The Hospital Room
A Short Story. The Hospital Room. It was a standard hospital room. The smell of disinfectant was overwhelming. The gray tile floor...
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Nov 3, 20215 min read
The Brick Factory
The Brick Factory. I had arrived in town in early April. My Ph.D. Fellowship did not start until fall classes, so I needed a temporary...
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Oct 7, 20215 min read
The Fallout Shelter
The Fallout Shelter. We walked into the backyard and I helped Katie lift the heavy metal door that led down into the fallout shelter...
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Sep 23, 20215 min read
The Sugar Cube
Short Story: The Sugar Cube. Mrs. Tanksley, my 3rd grade teacher, had been reading us part of a diary of a soldier who had survived the...
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Jun 20, 20214 min read
Lone Ranger Rock
Short Story: Lone Ranger Rock. It literally jutted out from the hillside and when you walked out on it, you could see much of the town,...
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May 27, 20213 min read
Granny's House
Short Story: Granny’s House. Granny’s small, wood-framed house was tucked back into the bottom of the hillside. Up the hillside were the...
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May 14, 20213 min read
The Ride Home
Short Story: The Ride Home The ball bounced just below me in the centerfield bleachers and I caught it. What a souvenir!! A walk off home...
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Apr 16, 20213 min read
The Championship Game
Short Story: the Championship Game. Most of us slept on and off during the three-hour bus ride to Beckley for the championship game....
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Apr 13, 20216 min read
The Drug Store
A Short Story: The Drug Store In the spring of my junior year, I took a part-time job at a family-run drug store in my little town. The...
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Apr 12, 20214 min read
The Campout
A Short Story: The Campout. Sammy moved into our town a couple of years ago and we had quickly become good friends. He was unlike anyone...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
Short Story: the Ed Sullivan Show Everyone in our town watched the Ed Sullivan Show on Sunday nights. But tonight’s show was going to be...
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The Railroad
Short Story: The Railroad We lived next to the railroad tracks and coal trains were constantly going by. Coal and coal trains were the...
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Apr 5, 20215 min read
The Pool
Short Story: The Pool. We were lucky enough to have one of the biggest pools in the entire country located in our little town. It was...
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Apr 3, 20213 min read
The Christmas Dinner
A Short Story: The Christmas Dinner After we escorted the last group of our classmates across the street intersections around the school,...
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