Tag: short story
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Learning to Fly
Stories We Tell A Fictional Series After my mother passed away, I was totally without family. I never knew my biological father, and my mother had no relatives to speak of. She never talked about her past, so I had no idea if I had any family who were living – or where they might…
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The Release
Stories We Tell A Fictional Series When Delilah was about three or four, I lost her in the grocery store. I found her – thank God – and the whole ordeal makes for an amusing anecdote, but that’s not the story I want to share at the moment. After I told Levi what had happened,…
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Coolest Chick Ever
Stories We Tell A Fictional Series I’ll never forget the first time I fell in love. I’d known her for what seemed like forever, but I’d never really noticed her. Not that way. Levi was cute, don’t get me wrong, but she was my baby sister’s best friend and she was like a part of…
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The Rescue
The Tale of Ms. Maddie: The Final Chapter While I admit that the beginning of our investigation into Ms. Maddie’s disappearance was bungled, it’s important to add that we were able to solve the case, and rescue Ms. Maddie, which imparts to us some form of redemption. Livia, the foul mouthed gymnast, was quickly ruled…
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Another Twist
We were spinning our wheels – getting absolutely nowhere in the case – when some startling information came to light. It appeared that Ms. Maddie had, in fact, had some unsavory relationships with younger men. It wasn’t any of the underage boys at the high school, mind you, but Ms. Maddie had a habit of…
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The Tale of Ms. Maddie
It was 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, so Benny picked up his pace as he headed to his weekly tutoring session with Ms. Maddie. He knew she’d be furious. She despised tardiness, and he was already fifteen minutes late. Most of the students loved Ms. Maddie, especially the boys – since she was easy on the…
a sprinkle of faith 