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Sisters Through a Window

Although separated by seven years, Gertie and Bea Sardoff were inseparable. People in their East New York neighborhood even said that they looked like Irish [...]


From Atop the Tower

When are you going to get a life? That will be his first sentence the morning, Rob thinks.


Joe Greegan’s World

I have a good life, Joe Greegan thought.


The Andromeda Accords

Generalissimo Woof-Hey Boom. That awful pilot’s helmet atop his head, and that hateful bird–BIRD!–on his shoulder. Oh, to eat that bird!


Flash Fiction

Fire Is Getting Closer

“Why they make me come out with a woman, I don’t know.”


Creative Nonfiction

And I Rose Up, and Knew That I Was Tired, and Continued My Journey

That night Robert couldn’t push out these thoughts from his head. His conversation with his friend kept resurfacing in his mind.


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