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What’s Said in the Dark Will Come to Light

“What if it’s your Dear Diary?” The panic had started to buzz slightly in my brain again. I was thinkin’ about what the preacher said last Sunday about everything said in secret being revealed in the light and most times in ways you’d never expect.

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Pinky-Dink Polish

“I’ll get the girls a bottle of the Pinky-Dink polish,” Jillian said quickly, her face growing taunt. The girls would want to look and then there’d be the begging for this or that. Money was tight.

Public Domain image of a customer and checkout woman in a grocery from the Dutch National Archives, donated in the context of a partnership program.

The Becoming

Allie scanned her news feeds. Nothing. No strange sightings. No talk of an alien invasion, of a zombie apocalypse, of vampires, or worse, demonic possessions. How could she ask?

Public Domain Photo of watercolor painting Nadir Shah on the Peacock Throne after his defeat of Muhammad Shah in the Edwin Binney 3rd Collection Accession Number: 1990.407, Available @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nadir_Shah_on_the_Peacock_Throne_after_his_defeat_of_Muhammad_Shah._ca._1850,_San_Diego_MOA.jpg#file
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All of Me

A short story inspired by Saint Augustine’s reflections on memory from “Book Ten” of his “Confessions.”

Public Domain Photo of "Baseball Girl in Japan" from George Grantham Bain Collection
Telephone pole and lines
Drawing of the deployment of a military band in the inner court of Hofburg Palace in Vienna by Hans Schliessmann

Nothing is Wasted

A flash fiction story that explores alternative uses of seemingly useless skills for the salvation of some.

Poem title: Overheard in Church

Overheard in Church

This tongue-in-cheek poem explores the conclusion some reach after reading Paul’s instruction in 1 Timothy 2:9-15 and ignoring his other instructions.

Poem title: Genres in the Book
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