He was there when she was born, and he would be there when she died. As 83-year-old Warren Johnson entwined his knotted fingers with those of his wife Alvine’s, all of the memories of their courtship in New Orleans during the 1930s and 1940s came flooding back to him. He sat in the antique rocking [...]

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This is a new spin on one of my old classics and is based on a true story! Let me know what you think. Guilty by Association Zoé Haydel was just waiting for the FBI to come knocking at her door to take her away. She was 16 years old, too young to rot for [...]

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Emma never thought she would end up as a book, she thought as she systematically stretched the perfect skin over the scrapbook cover. She made sure it was taut and then stapled the edges to the inside of the book. She was always reading, thinking she was so much smarter than everyone else. She took [...]

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I must be in Hell. My skin is bubbling and turning a faint pale pink as it burns from the inside out. The air is so thick that when I breathe, I fill my lungs with the water of humidity. I’m drowning. I have an Indiana Jones sized boulder on my chest. I stick my [...]

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