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The Saints
Something broke finally when he came upon three men firing at a dog they’d corned between buildings on the northside of town. This was when the fighting…
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Give Her the Novel
(A Response to Joan Didion)
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Abortion Fights are About Fear
‪It’s an absurd supposition, i.e. bases for an argument, that those who are against abortion care about life. We hear staunch leftists say, If you care…
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Tempting Indictment by Association
When one sets out to imagine the most despicable acts a person might be capable of effecting upon another person, any number of gut-churning fantasies…
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A Long Drive
After he retired, he continued to leave the house every morning at 8am and every evening at 5pm, promptly, in order to hit rush hour traffic. Though he…
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A Big What-if
What if the President of the United States were a con artist? Okay. Okay. But stay with me, now. Here’s where it gets weird: What if, in addition to…
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Committing to Maybe
When I was nine years old I landed flat on my back on the water from a five meter diving platform. I knocked the wind out of myself. I was trying to do…
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The Preemptive Life of Ophelia Soderholm
Many stories depend on setting; without a certain setting they cannot be true; the stories become impossible and false in new environments. Other…
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She Asks About Work
A Last Conversation
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