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Just Like Me
“God is in me or else is not at all.” --Wallace Stevens “Not at all,” I said, “I don’t mind doing this. In fact, I ...
Special Patient Populations
For the fourth building of Florida’s Leesburg Super-Geriatric Regional Medical Center, you have to go through a series of doors that require a badge, computerized ...
The Devil’s Footprints
Growing up, my dream was to be a journalist. Maybe I’d watched too many movies, but I loved the idea of chasing down big stories ...
A Most Special Delivery
Although stress and chaos are the natural order at a hospital, few things serve to rattle doctors and nurses more than death. The cold, procedural ...
Beware-of-Santa’s-Elves
Her shoes were too tight. The coat was too itchy. And by god, if Zoe heard ‘All I Want For Christmas is You’ one more ...
The Town that Dreaded Snowfall
I was headed toward the airport to catch a flight, driving down a country road that my GPS claimed would serve as a shortcut when ...
Chaos Pagentry (The Nativity)
Everyone in town knew my family, the Bowers. We are considered cornerstones by some. Never wavering in any community activity. Until this year. We experienced ...
The Darklands Game
There are numerous games that circulate the internet. Most are written for fun. A rare few are written based on real experiences of those who ...
The Detective and the Hangman
“With how many things are we on the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries?” – Mary Shelley, Frankenstein ...
Connor (A Beowolf Story)
His name was Connor. Dustin Connor, but he never went by that name. Some called him Con or Connor. I called him Mr. Connor. Mr ...
Ambulance Means Walking, Christmas Means Dead
My very first Halloween, I wasn’t on the schedule. It was my first year as an EMT. I had a calling, to attempt to resurrect ...
The Red Room
5/24 12:18 a.m. – Christ what a haul! I honestly don’t know how truck drivers do this day in and day out. Sitting for eons ...
