If history is made up of small stories, then some of them fall off and disappear, like table scraps. Come and sample a few of…
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When I was younger, I spent a year working for a big box retail chain. One day, I noticed that one of my fellow employees…
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Jeffery McCain was going to school. Jeffery, or Jeffy, as everyone called him, loved school, especially reading. Books allowed him to visit places that he…
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The rain began to fall steadily across Iowa. The weather was warm for early December, hovering right around the 40-degree mark. All morning long and…
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No expects to see a life-sized hippo along an Iowa roadside. A deer, raccoon, or even a coyote? Sure. But never a hippo. Everyone who…
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If you had just spent eight years in prison, would you return to a life of crime? If you did, but got caught, what would…
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Paul Schroeder ran through the repair shop, trying to avoid the hail of bullets flying towards him. He raised his revolver, firing blindly. Paul wasn’t…
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Some people just don’t know when to quit. Granted, that’s a trait that we normally admire. The sports team that keeps pushing to a win…
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Most of us take our lives for granted. We wake up and go about our day with hardly a thought toward anything else going on…
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Welcome to the first story of the new year, everyone! I’ve been excited to get this one out, and, even though it’s a little…
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