ACT I It was Timmy Jenkin’s tenth birthday, April 1, 2075. It was 4am and he was barely asleep. He was dreaming. He was high atop a mountain and standing on a flat ridge made of granite. The edge of this ridge led to a 2,000 foot fall into a granite boulder field. …
She fell asleep in her current home, just as she had done for decades. First as a married woman, then as a single mother. She loved this house so much. All of her important memories were here. She was proud of it and what she had done here and made of it. It was like …
Definitions: felicitations fe·lic·i·ta·tions /fəˌlisəˈtāSH(ə)nz/ noun words expressing praise for an achievement or good wishes on a special occasion They lay in their marital bed, the second one for both. She on the right, lying on her right side, and he on the left, lying on his back with his eyes open. It is 3am. …
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He stood at a crossroads on the outskirts of his village. Ahead of him was a fork in the path. To most men going to the left was the safer, and so the obvious choice. And that is the path that most men took. The path to the left led to the known and comfortable. …
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We find ourselves in Nebraska, in the year of our lord, 1899. This decade had been plagued by drought, but 1899 was the driest growing season on record. In fact, this was the driest growing season that anyone could remember, including the oldest of the old timers. Johannes Westenskow X, was a sixth generation Dutch …
Author’s Note: The main character of this story has cancer. If that will bother you, please stop here. We find ourselves at a roadside memorial to a victim of a fatal car accident. 55 years ago, Martha’s only child Timmy was killed at 18 years old when the car he was a passenger in …
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The mercy and love of God is all around us, Guiding us with wisdom we think is our own The mercy and love of God is all around us, Providing comfort when we are scared and alone The mercy and love of God is all around us, Enveloping us in a divine chrysalis The mercy …
