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Family Roots
Grandpa Cobalt hated letting things go. Whether it was the wobbly chair he kept in his study or his favorite warped record he fed to ...
My Mother’s Burnt Offerings
Mom always loved Jesus more than she loved me. She told me so herself, over and over again, when I was growing up. Every morning ...
Unnatural Combinations
I think most people are surprised when they learn one of my hobbies is taxidermy. I know what you probably expect when you hear that ...
Instructions on How to Become a Clown
Found this journal in an old storage locker I had taken possession of. It’s dated in the summer of 1985, and the pages are curled, ...
Bloody Conversations
“My wife is such a bitch.” Right on schedule, Shane started complaining about his wife while drinking beer number four. Whether it has anything to ...
Roll of the Dice
A few seconds. I looked down for just a few seconds, and I ended up being treated to an experience that has permanently warped my ...
No Name November
“Sorry, new kid, but you’re last in today so you’re our candidate this year!” The kid in front of our classroom door relaying this to ...
Derrick’s Destiny
Ford Street Bridge - Minneapolis, Minnesota Wednesday, September 10, 2021 - 11:55 p.m. EST Willis, hurry your ass up! Can’t you hear all those popping ...
The Last Will and Testament of Charles T. Bowman
I never met Charlie Bowman. Not that I expected to, in a company the size of this one; the chances of ever rubbing shoulders with ...
Hug Your Mother
I never met my mom. Not…really, anyway. She didn’t abandon us; she didn’t die giving birth, I wasn’t put up for adoption, nothing like that ...
The Value of the Human Soul
I can feel it coming, slowly but surely. With everything going on, all the stay-at-home orders, I decided to go to the place in which ...
